Buddha wept
Charlie is in the bath; I am sitting on the teeny tiny step stool, supervising him.
Charlie: I won't cry when I get out of the tub tonight.
Me: Oh, good. Do you cry sometimes when you get out of the tub?*
Charlie: Yes.
Me: Why do you cry?
Charlie: (thinking) I cry because . . . I am sad. (Laughs like the villain in a James Bond film)
Me: What makes you sad?
Charlie: (without hesitating) Pottery Barn.
Me: Really?
Charlie: Yes. Pottery Barn makes me sad.
Me: Okaaaay . . . why does Pottery Barn make you sad?
Charlie: Because they have too much STUFF.
When Wade heard this, he said, 'Just like his mama.'
*He cries virtually every night, either because he's mad that the bath is over or because the wrong person is drying him off or because his superhero toys are still in the tub or because George Bush is the President or because . . . well, apparently because Pottery Barn has too much stuff. Who knew?
Charlie: I won't cry when I get out of the tub tonight.
Me: Oh, good. Do you cry sometimes when you get out of the tub?*
Charlie: Yes.
Me: Why do you cry?
Charlie: (thinking) I cry because . . . I am sad. (Laughs like the villain in a James Bond film)
Me: What makes you sad?
Charlie: (without hesitating) Pottery Barn.
Me: Really?
Charlie: Yes. Pottery Barn makes me sad.
Me: Okaaaay . . . why does Pottery Barn make you sad?
Charlie: Because they have too much STUFF.
When Wade heard this, he said, 'Just like his mama.'
*He cries virtually every night, either because he's mad that the bath is over or because the wrong person is drying him off or because his superhero toys are still in the tub or because George Bush is the President or because . . . well, apparently because Pottery Barn has too much stuff. Who knew?
4 Comments:
Your boy, he is a wise one. I too hate short baths, the wrong person drying me off, our Nation's bad electoral taste, and so much stuff.
Please have him write a book.
Pottery Barn makes me cry, too. I think my problem has more to do with the price tags, though.
Oh, God, we REALLY need to get together. This kid CRACKS ME UP! Pottery Barn! Too much STUFF!
I'm with crayonz, though...the prices are what get me weepy.
Charlie Koans...what is the sound of conspicous consumption...Pottery Barn!! Juat too darned...brilliant!
OM
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