As part of my basketball coaching/boy scouting duties tonight, I had to do a significant amount of driving around Rochester with various boys.
Conversation with an 11-year-old (11yo):
11yo: Do you know what a halibut is?
me: Yea it's a fish.
11yo: No no, do you know what a halibut is?
me: Yea, it is a fish.
11yo: No, a halibut. Do you know what a halibut is?
me: What is it?
11yo: It's an ancient weapon made out of an ax and a sword.
11yo: It was named after a fish.
me: Oh. OK.
Conversation with a 16-year-old(16yo):
Driving through some of the not-so-nice areas of Rochester
16yo: Yo that a prostitute.
me: You think?
16yo: Oh yea. That a prostitute right thare.
me: She looks just like a girl walking down the street.
16yo: Na man. You see how she stop and look right thare? She a prostitute.
me: Just looks like a girl walking down the street to me.
16yo: Na man. Prostitute.
me: I think that's just a girl. How can you tell?
Looking right at me
16yo: Yo man. I just know.
me: Oh. OK.
Here's to hoping our kids go straight from 12 to 18 years old.
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Here's to hoping your kids will invite those kids to YOUR house to come play instead of going over to their neighborhood...
Yo man, I was in R'chester and all them girls thar walkn the street's prostitutes!.... That's why they hold OSA there so much I hear.
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