Fail to destroy something today

[mollyringle]

Amusing scene from the other day, as I backed the car out of the driveway with kiddos in back seat:

OLDER SON: Don't run into the garbage can.
ME: I won't. There. Missed it.
OLDER SON: (triumphantly) Mommy fails to destroy the garbage can!

For posterity, he used this sentence structure because my husband and I have taken to retitling Clifford the Big Red Dog books in that fashion. Clifford Fails to Destroy Christmas, Clifford Fails to Destroy a Birthday Party, etc. I remember liking Clifford when I was a little kid, but as an adult all I can do is wince at the damage he keeps doing, albeit inadvertently--to say nothing of the amount of expensive maintenance he must require. That animal belongs in a professional zoological exhibition, or maybe in the military, but not in someone's house as a pet.

Comments

[mighty-gratira.livejournal.com]

Yes, the Clifford scenario dissolves upon application of logic. XD You must revert to the childish state of being in awe of the little girl whose dog is so much bigger than yours.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

It's true--I am pretty sure I think way too much for my own fiction-appreciation good. :)

[archersangel.livejournal.com]

even as a child my mind boggled that the destruction that dog did.

[mollyringle.livejournal.com]

Yes--I just can't help wondering how Emily Elizabeth's parents haven't gone bankrupt!