On The Tip of His Tongue

I needed a random country name. Ben was standing there. He likes geography.

"Ben, quick, name a country!"

"ummm..."

"Don't think too much about it, just tell me the first thing that comes to your mind."

"F.Y.R. Macedonia."

(long pause)

"Ok, where is that?"

"Right above Greece."

"Thanks!"

Deep Thoughts

Ben: Dad

Dad: Yes, Ben?

Ben: I think I know what a car is.

Dad: Yeah? I think I know what a car is too.

Ben: Well, if you think about it just a little, it's a machine. But then if you think a little more, it's a system. If you think even deeper, it's an automobile. But if you think as deep as you can about it, it's electrons and molecules and atoms all morphed together to make a bunch of parts... Like maybe a million or something... And then those parts all somehow connect together. That's the real definition of a car.

Dad, beginning to take notes: Hang on, Ben, can you repeat all that?

Ben: Sure. So if you think about it, a car is a machine...