Psssst!
Don't tell him I told you, but...
You can't work with Chuck for too long before you begin to notice something peculiar about his speech habits. He has a penchant for speaking in over-used quotes. His co-workers have affectionately labeled them "Chuckisms." I now fear that these so-called "Chuckisms" are being woven into the very fabric of our children's education.
Psssst!
Don't tell him I told you, but...
You can't work with Chuck for too long before you begin to notice something peculiar about his speech habits. He has a penchant for speaking in over-used quotes. His co-workers have affectionately labeled them "Chuckisms." I now fear that these so-called "Chuckisms" are being woven into the very fabric of our children's education.
Last week the boys were struggling to erect a fort by stacking our kitchen chairs. Despite some impressive effort, their repeated attempts were not yielding a stable fortress. Chuck, sensing that injury was imminent, offered his fatherly advice:
"Alex," he began, "the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting different results." (Quote #1: Ben Franklin)
Alex put down the chair he was laboring to maneuver, shifting his attention to the wise old man. "What do you mean?" He puzzled, looking from Chuck to the pile of chairs and back again.
Chuck motioned a sweeping hand gesture across the rather unstable pile and answered, "If you play with fire you're going to get burned." (Quote #2: I don't know, Proverbs?)
"Oh." Alex replied. Although he was still unclear as to exactly what point dad was trying to make. Chris was blithely working on his own part of the fort so Alex decided it wasn't worth continuing the conversation. He turned his attention back to the chair and it slipped, landing on the top of his foot.
"Ow, ow, ow!" He exclaimed. "I hurt my foot!" He began limping, turning to us for sympathy.
Chuck, overcome by compasion responds, "That's life in the big city." (#3: So over-used I can't even venture a guess.)
I, overcome by the comedy, returned to my knitting.