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I was explaining this shirt to my 7-year-old neice:
See, there's an elephant holding up a giraffe holding up a rhino holding up a lion holding up something holding up a person who's trying to get a star.

And she corrected me:
That's a tiger on the lion, and it's not a person. It's a monkey.

And I: Okay, a tiger. But it's not a monkey. It's a little person.

And she: No, it has a tail.

I: Oh. Right. Well a monkey is trying to get a star.

She: I like it.

Silly 7-year-old. I know a monkey when I see one and there is a person on the shirt (with a tail), and I was arguing it with a monkey! I'm sure of it!

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There are of course the general "what's it mean" questions and "I don't get it" comments. So far, though, this is my favorite:

I went to the library to pick up a few books on hold. An overly cheerful librarian retrieved them for me (if it'd been more that a few feet, he may have skipped) and dramatically waved them through the scanner. Then he stopped. He stared at my t-shirt and finally said, "That's an interesting shirt. It's very.... [long pause] unique." He smiled, told me the due date on my books, and told me not to turn them in late.

By "unique" I assume he meant either
1) He did not understand it whatsoever but was pretty sure it was supposed to be cool OR
2) He simply did not approve of the idea.

I decided not to ask.]]> Tue, 05 Jun 2007 13:28:57 -0500 Sat, 02 Jun 2007 22:49:13 -0500