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Driving to a friend's house today to drop off fresh cream and butter from a mutual (cow-rich) country friend I attempted to have a moment of thought.
My 6 year old and 4 year old sons also decided to think, alas- outloud.
"Mom, what does "MPH" stand for?"
"Um, where did you see that?"
"On the sign that says how fast you can go- oh, it means miles per hours, right?" I respond in the affirmative as I vainly try to picture a speed limit sign, does it say mph below the number? Suddenly I cannot remember. I'm again interrupted mid-thought.
"What does "P.M." mean?" I begin picturing the longitude lines on our beat-up globe.
"Post meridian, it's the time from right after lunch until the middle of the night."
"What does "MP" mean?"
"It stands for Military Police." I begin picturing Jack Reacher, my favorite fictional MP, and how interesting the boys may find it that soldiers have their own police and how I can explain it, but...
The 4 year old, feeling ignored shouts a spur of the moment acronym, "What does "A.N.O.N." mean?"
"It means ANON," I said firmly. No need to crush his participation bubble.
We arrive. I still cannot remember if the speed limit sign has the letters "mph" below. I'm simply "OOBS"which means, out-of-brain-space.
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Driving to a friend's house today to drop off fresh cream and butter from a mutual (cow-rich) country friend I attempted to have a moment of thought.
My 6 year old and 4 year old sons also decided to think, alas- outloud.
"Mom, what does "MPH" stand for?"
"Um, where did you see that?"
"On the sign that says how fast you can go- oh, it means miles per hours, right?" I respond in the affirmative as I vainly try to picture a speed limit sign, does it say mph below the number? Suddenly I cannot remember. I'm again interrupted mid-thought.
"What does "P.M." mean?" I begin picturing the longitude lines on our beat-up globe.
"Post meridian, it's the time from right after lunch until the middle of the night."
"What does "MP" mean?"
"It stands for Military Police." I begin picturing Jack Reacher, my favorite fictional MP, and how interesting the boys may find it that soldiers have their own police and how I can explain it, but...
The 4 year old, feeling ignored shouts a spur of the moment acronym, "What does "A.N.O.N." mean?"
"It means ANON," I said firmly. No need to crush his participation bubble.
We arrive. I still cannot remember if the speed limit sign has the letters "mph" below. I'm simply "OOBS"which means, out-of-brain-space.
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