February 19, 2009

Thank you, Art Linkletter

This guy I know, I think he reads this blog once in a while, told me a story about his kids.

My friend, I'll call him Rx, is raising his two kids to be bilingual, but he doesn't speak the language his kids are learning, and his nanny doesn't speak English. So, he's got in the habit of asking the children to relay his messages to her.

Not feeling well, he asked the younger of the two to "tell Nanny I'm going to have a short nap." The little one helpfully translated but the older one quickly shouted out: "No! He told Nanny that you want her to spank your bottom!"

Rx suggested that this reminded him of the Viceroy; a gentle sense of humor that is making fun of you 24 hours a day.

I'm still chuckling.

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