Today Caroline and I took Jack to his summer orchestra camp. Jack has been looking forward to this camp for quite a while, but it looked like he might want to bail on it towards the end of the year based on a very valuable life lesson. The camp is in Oklahoma (but not as far into the state as last year's camp) so it only took us about two hours to drive there. We had some really fun conversations during the two hour trip, and it was good to see the kids actually getting along. One conversation in particular caused me to try REALLY, REALLY hard not to laugh, and I will not be able to watch the cartoon Arthur on PBS without remembering this conversation.
On the Texas/Oklahoma border, there is a video store called "DW's Videos". It is advertised as "a place for adults and couples", and the billboard only draws attention to the actual name of the store. However, Jack is aware of what it means when it says it's an "adult video store", but Caroline isn't aware (Thank goodness for small miracles!!). So as we pass the very bright billboard this conversation begins:
Caroline...Hey look! It says "DW's Videos". Isn't that Arthur's little sister's name?
Me...Yes, yes it is.
Caroline...That's cool. It's kinda like she grew up and opened her own video store.
Me...Well, I guess. But honey, she would't have done that. She was interested in other things.
Jack...(with this REALLY smirky smile)...Well, you know, she wanted to be a movie producer when she grew up. Heh-heh-heh.
Caroline...That's right! She did! Maybe she's producing videos for her video store!
Nope. Won't be able to watch it the same way again. I'm really hoping he was making that up.
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