These kids make me laugh

I don't think I'm biased when I say this.  I really think I'm just stating a fact.  My boys are funny.  They all have a great sense of humor.  And clearly they've learned this character trait from me and Jeff because we are hilarious.

The other night after dinner, we stayed at the table playing an impromptu "Would You Rather" session.  I believe this is an actual game that basically gives you 2 really difficult things to choose between...like, "Would you rather eat a tarantula or have 50 tarantulas crawling all over your body?"  I've never played, but I believe that's the gist of it.  We were playing our own version, though, sans game board or cards, and I loved some of the choices Alex and Jacob came up with.

Would you rather...

...have no socks so your feet are cold OR get eaten by a snake?

Wow...it's like Sophie's choice with this one.  I'm probably in the minority here, but I'm going to go with no socks on my feet.

...go to the doctor OR have to hide in a hole with a bunny?

I hate going to the Dr.  So, unless the bunny looks like this

I choose hanging out with the bunny in a hole.

...(this one was directed at me personally)  look like a boy OR get banged on the head in the street and have to go to the hospital?

After a Hillary Clinton-esque haircut back in college, I've done the whole "look like a boy" thing.  So, assuming the head injury isn't life threatening or brain damaging, I choose that.

...lay in your bed OR get eaten by a lion?

Tricky one.  Good thing my motto is to always choose lie in my bed.  Unless the other option is have a lifetime supply of peppermint patties.

...have no Doritos OR have no peppermint patties?

Crap.  As much as it pains me, I have to go with no Doritos.  

...not have a dog OR not have privates?

I love dogs.  But I also like having privates. Pass.

...get run over OR have to walk and carry cardboard to Virginia?

Gosh, I've already got a head injury from my choice up above.  I'm not sure I could survive getting run over as well.  I guess I'll carry cardboard.

From Jeff to the boys:  Would you rather have no eyebrows OR have no hair?

Jacob:  (without hesitation)  Definitely no hair.  I don't care about being bald...I care about my eyebrows. 


Then the game evolved into impossible to answer jokes.  We're pretty smart, but there was just no figuring out the answers to Alex's sophisticated, highly complex jokes.

Q:  Why did the cow cross the road?
A:  So he could laugh at the clown wearing the big, red nose.

Q:  Why did the boy run around the table?
A:  Because a tiger was chasing him.


And because this also made me laugh, I have to share a conversation Jacob and I had after school the other day.

Jacob:  "Know what movie is coming out?  "The Original Butter."
Me:  "Who on earth is Butter?"
J:  "You know...butter."
Me:  "I've never heard of him.  Is he a cartoon character?"
J:  "No.  You know, like butter that you put on bread."
Me:  "'The Original Butter'??  Really?  What is it about?"
J:  "It's just all about butter, I guess.  When it was first made, how they make it...you know."
Me:  "Did you see a preview for it or something?"
J:  "No.  Jimmy brought a bag of popcorn to school that he got at the movies.  And on the bag it said Original Butter."

His smile and laugh after I explained the misunderstanding was adorable.  But just in case he's right and I'm wrong, keep an eye out for this future blockbuster at a movie theater near you.