Red Dinosaur

"Red Dinosaur"

Because I couldn't unplug the toilet with a
plunger, I had to dismantle the entire fixture,
no small feat for a non-plumber.

Jammed inside the drain was a purple rubber
dinosaur, which belonged to my five-year-old son.

I painstakingly got all the toilet parts together
again, the tank filled, and I flushed it. However,
it didn't work much better than before! As I
pondered what to do next, my son walked
into the bathroom.

He pointed to the purple dinosaur I had just
dislodged and asked excitedly, "Did you get
the green one, too?"

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"Cruise Control"

My family has a tradition of naming the cruise control on our cars.

We were used to hearing my father proclaim,
"Take it, Max," as he flipped on the cruise
control during long trips in our station wagon.

Recently, I was traveling with my parents in
their new car when we hit a wide-open expanse of highway.

My dad leaned back and said, "I think I'll let Tom drive for a while."

"Tom who?" I asked.

My mother translated for me: "Tom Cruise, of course."
Received on Sun Feb 10 20:52:03 2008