20 Questions

20 Questions with Eldest Son:

Dear Husband: "Person, Place, or Thing?"

Eldest Son:  "Thing!"

Me:  "Is it alive or dead?"

E.S.:  "Dead!"

Me:  "Was it ever alive?"

E.S.:  "No."

Me:  "Is it bigger than a TV?" ("bigger than a breadbox" being, like, so totally irrelevant these days)

E.S.:  "Yes."

D.H.:  "Is it in Florida?"

E.S.:  "No."

D.H.:  "Is it in Michigan?"

E.S.:  "No."

D.H.:  "Is it in the United States?"

E.S.:  "No."

Me:  "Is it on the Earth?"

E.S.:  "No."

Me:  "Is it orbiting the Earth?"

E.S.:  "No."

Me:  "Is it orbiting anything?"

E.S.:  "No."

D.H.:  "Is it in the Solar System?"

E.S.:  "Yes!"

Me:  "How can it be in the Solar System if it's not orbiting anything?  Everything in the Solar System orbits something, even if it's only the Sun."

E.S. (smugly):  "Well, it doesn't!"

D.H.:  "Is it the vacuum of space?"

E.S.:  "YES!"

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Yah, he doesn't exactly do your typical "cow," "truck," "Grandma," or "swimming pool."

One of his other "things" was "Electricity" which was also pretty tough to guess; a "person" was "President Obama," but I got that one right away. 

On the other hand, I stumped Eldest Son pretty good with "Mickey Mouse," though we had just left the Shrine of the Mouse Cult, because Mr. Literal couldn't make the leap to a "person" who wasn't a human being.

Heh.  Never a dull moment!