Tobin and Nick have developed this habit that, wherever we go, they have to point out 4x4's, monster trucks, speedboats and motorbikes. But not just point it out, SHOUT it out - It's like they have Tourettes syndrome. It's impossible for them to carry on a conversation without having it interrupted (by themselves) with shouts of MONSTER TRUCK!! SPEEDBOAT!!! I find it amusing, but it drives AMG insane. It can be pretty annoying when, for example:
Tobin: "dad, when we go to my school SPEEDBOAT! today can I take 4X4! my lunch SPEEDBOAT! bag in my MOTORBIKE! backpack?"
So this morning on our bike ride to school I quizzed Tobin on what made a 4x4 different from a monster truck, and it gave me the idea to make up a dichotomous key to All Things Awesome. See below*.
* I had to revise the key to accommodate for vehicles that didn't have knobbly tires, but were muddy. Tobin pointed out a van this morning which was muddy, but was also a 4x4. It's complicated.
I also had to add in non-truck items of awesomeness - you'll see here the prerequisite for this category is explosions or the capacity for shedding blood.
**revised again to include extinct genera.
3 comments:
Yes, you hit the nail on the "MONSTER TRUCK" head. Maybe it's the boy version of ?elephant? talk (remind me - what's that game where you add extra syllables so no one else can *understand* you?
Missing my boys - home next week as early as possible.
amg.
Arpenparpay is the language we used to speak. Simply add 'arp' before each vowel. Eg. Larpook arpat tharpat marponstarper trarpuck. (Look at that monster truck).
Nice key, like it alot.
xo
Darpeb
This is frickin' genius! Love it!
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