Wednesday, February 11, 2009

Africa, smaller than you think...

Son, 8 yrs old- 'Mama, is England bigger than Africa?'

Interrupting, Son, 6 yrs old says - 'No!' (with weary disdain) 'There's an elephant in Africa, it would have to be huge to fit an Elephant. Elephants are huge.'

That told him.

5 comments:

Anonymous said...

That must be why Ireland is so small - it's for the Leprecauns!
(Mind you, we have the BANK elephant in the room) DQ

uncle g said...

tell them Africa's big enough to fit their uncle's big toe

Domestic Oub said...

Charlie says your toe may fit if we look at it from far away, because from far away it seems small...

uncle g said...

brilliant response! your youngest son is a bit like Fr. Dougal...

Domestic Oub said...

...if Fr Dougal was a brilliant genius who is going to grow up and make a fortune and keep his mother in the luxury she so longs to become accostomed to...