Kids, eh?

[elisi]

The Cherub hasn't really got the hang of jokes yet. Especially not 'Knock, knock' ones, which she keeps making up... Here's an example from last night:

Cherub: Knock, knock!
Other family member (sighing): Who's there?
Cherub: The pizza man!
Other family member (giving in to the inevitable): The pizza man who?
Cherub: The pizza man who knows what's on your list!
[beat, as everyone looks around at each other trying to work out what on EARTH she's thinking]
Miss M: Well she is factually correct...

~~~

Also, the girls spent a good long time watching Young Dracula on CBBC yesterday (new TV series) and this morning (there was a marathon thing). And despite everything, I must give Joss credit where credit's due: Slayers are girls, these days. It's deeply embedded in our culture now, and for that I will always be grateful.

Comments

[rothas-writing.livejournal.com]

Oh bless, Miss M's conclusion just makes me giggle.

Also I watched Young Dracula when it first came out. Good grief I feel old.

[elisi]

She's... very erudite! :)

And Young Dracula is a TV series. I think it's new. New-ish, at any rate. Hang on, let me check. Yes this is it.

[rothas-writing.livejournal.com]

Yep, on BBC, it came out ages ago, right? (I'm only 20 by the by) Unless it's a remake of the old show I remember when Vlad was just ickle.

[elisi]

I have wiki'd and this is what happened:

Young Dracula is a British children's fantasy television series airing on CBBC, loosely based on Young Dracula AND Young Monsters, a children's book by Michael Lawrence. Directed by Joss Agnew, the first series was broadcast in 2006, and the second series, which started in late 2007, concluded in early 2008. A third series was commissioned three years later and began airing on 31 October 2011.

[rothas-writing.livejournal.com]

So I was 15. Still, feels like I was a lot younger. XD

[elisi]

Aw. <3

[ladymercury-10.livejournal.com]

Heh. I remember being a little kid and making up jokes that didn't quite work. :P

I did not grow up with Buffy (I have seen exactly one episode, and that was quite recently), but the notion that vampire slaying is now the province of girls makes me inexplicably happy.

[elisi]

I think most children go through that stage! :)

And yes, Slayers = girls is truly awesome! Buffy was really a game changer.

[cinderbella333.livejournal.com]

I love your daughter's joke. It reminds me of one of my favorite jokes.

Two penguins were sitting in a tub. One penguin turns to the other and asks, "Can you pass the soap?" And the other replies, "What do I look like, a radio?!"

[elisi]

LOL. Let me try to tell it to her.

[does so]


Reply: Stony silence, followed by 'It does make sense, but it's not funny.'

:)