My 8 year old came home from school and on the car trip home
Daughter: mum I bet I can make you say black
Wife: oh really?
Daughter: what color is that car
Wife: Blue?
Daughter: And that tree?
Wife: Brown
Daughter: told you I could make you say brown
Wife: no you said black!
I have never been more proud
As a kid I loved to get the sunday comics from the paper and read Calvin and Hobbes. I loved it so much my parents would get me the compilation books as gifts for birthdays and christmas. I always thought it was funny when Calvin would ask his dad how "x" works. One day my son when he was about 6 years old asked my why some TV shows were in black and white. Inspired by this calvin and hobbes comic where Calvin's dad explains why photos are black and white. http://picayune.uclick.com/comics/ch/1993/ch930919.gif
I decided to do the same thing to my kid. I told him that the world was black and white back then and that things didn't start to become in color for decades later. I got a good chuckle out of it, but because he was so young, I didn't realize that he actually believed it. I soon forgot that I told him the world was black and white. When he was about 11 or 12, one day I got a call from my wife and she asked me, "Did you tell your son that the world used to be black and white?" I start laughing immediately and said yes! How did you know? She said because your son is writing an essay about how the world used to be black and white for school and he asked me what year the world became color. He believed that for like 6 years!
You've probably seen these... One whole side of the pillow has sequins, which are reversible, and reveal a different color or pattern when you flip the sequins.
My daughter was playing with hers, and making pictures by flipping the sequins in patterns.
I asked her if she could make a picture showing what she did today. She spent about 15 minutes painstakingly flipping sequins to show her going to school, and dance class. She was all done, and proudly showed me her work.
I said "Well, look at that... its a sequins of events."
Hey I am supposed to come up with a joke that will go at the start of my school yearbook. I'm wondering if you guys could please help me? I'll try to credit you or this sub or something. Thanks.
The high school is called "Hunting Hills", the color is blue, our team name is the "lightning" and the mascot is called "Stryker". Our city is called "Red Deer".
Here's one that I thought of that's really bad that you could try and improve:
Q: Why does Hunting call itself the lightning?
A: Because on a hill is where you are most likely to get struck!
Son: Dad! I got a new jersey, and it's actually school colors!
Me: Cool! Maybe you can get a maryland or delaware in school colors too!
Son: ... disgusted sigh
And yes, I cracked up laughing like a madman!
We'll call them J. Me: So you're going to school for aviation next year, huh? Don't you need to take an eyesight and a colorblind test to do that? J: Yep! I took them the other day. Me: Alright, how did you do? J: I passed them with flying colors!
My dad and I were driving to pick up some pizza the other day, and drove by the local community college. They have one of those new HD billboards, which was flashing garish advertisements for their classes and programs.
"That's a terrible sign," my dad remarked.
"Yeah, those things are distracting and annoying," I agreed. "The things flash too fast for you to really read it, and the color contrast makes it hard to read while you're driving late at night. It's not like the sign in front of my school at all (I'm a teacher). My school has slow transitions and clear lettering that makes things easy to read. It's what makes our billboard auspicious."
My dad frowned. He could tell something was coming. "Why's yours auspicious?"
"Because it's a good sign."
