This evening 5-year-old grandson Jackson said to me, “Your brain is like a hard drive.” After a few seconds of his serious thinking he said, “It IS a hard drive!!!”
Earlier he asked, “Nanna, why do you look old?” No simile or metaphor with the “old” question, but it warrants inclusion in this post!
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December 11, 2011 at 7:09 pm |
Maybe it’s a smilie!
December 12, 2011 at 10:30 am |
Good one, Jeff! 🙂
And PERFECT, Louise! ❤
(Well, of course, not about looking old! But it was a fun Jacksonism and a fun inclusion. :-))
December 12, 2011 at 2:01 pm |
Thought of you this morning at Curves – working out to
“Celebration” – remembering that from Fitness Fantasia.
Little people are so much fun – nice you get to see him often.
December 12, 2011 at 5:04 pm |
“Like” = simile. “Is” = metaphor.
At least he didn’t use the terms “dumb terminal” or “floppy disk.” Of course, he’s too young to know about these.
December 13, 2011 at 5:02 pm |
Actually, the brain IS the hard drive for our body. The brain controls our body, tells it what to do and stores information. So Jackson is pretty smart. I wonder if he learned this at school or maybe from something he saw on television.
December 18, 2011 at 6:30 am |
I read the post several times and just couldn’t “get it” until I realized it said “simile” and not “smile” – well it certainly did make me smile! Jackson is so smart, like an Iowa State engineer. Must run in the genes.