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Tuesday, May 01, 2012

Mr. Literal...

 So Ben has this question on his math homework (that he forgot to do last night) where he is supposed to answer three questions about a calendar page, one of which is to make up something about the starred date, August 14th. 

The conversation went like this. 

Ben: "What do they mean, 'name the starred date?'" 

Me: "It means just make something up... like August 14th is my cat's birthday." 

Ben: "No... our cat's birthday is in September." 

Me: "Invent something... like August 14th is my aunt and uncle's wedding anniversary." 

Ben: "No... that's August 31st." 

Me: "It's my brother's birthday?" 

Ben: "That's the 25th." 

Me: "BEN! JUST. MAKE. IT. UP!" 

Ben: "I can't!!!" (tears tears tears) 

Me: (head vs. wall... face vs. palm) 

Do you know what he ended up writing? 

"August 14th is just a normal day." 

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