zondag, november 21, 2021

Physics-in-singapore

Elsa is pumping the bicycle pump with the end inserted into... nothing...
Aiden: "Stop pumping Elsa, you are wasting the air!"

Aiden looks at me seriously: "Papa, how did they make the earth?"
Me: "Well, it started with a bunch of gas and the sun, and then..."
Aiden interrupting, "okayokayokay, then how did they make the sun? Ah... No, how did they make space?"
Me: "It all started with the Big Bang, that kind'a created space... And before you ask, nobody really knows how the big bang got started."
Aiden, walking away with a swagger, "Okay, that's all for now."

It is bedtime, and I am the last one leaving the kids room, saying "weltrusten..."
In a desperate attempt to extend the conversation before quiet darkness ensues, Elsa calls: "Papa! Just one more question..."
[...quietly she thinks for a few seconds...]
"How many dwarf planets are there?"

Aiden: "I set up an obstacle course for the ants to come and play":



6 opmerkingen:

Erik zei

Some time ago, Elsa also suddenly asked me: "Why does the moon orbit the earth? Why doesn't it just go around the sun, just like everybody else?"

Beppie zei

Het zijn echte denkers, dat is duidelijk!

Beppie zei

Maar die hindernisbaan voor mieren zou ik toch maar buiten zetten, Aiden!

Michael zei

Een sportschool voor mieren, leuk. Julia maakte vroeger "pissebedden-paradijzen" in de deksels van schoenendozen. Stonden ook gewoon binnen geloof ik.

Jeroen zei

Wie niet?

Jeroen zei

Speciaal voor Elsa en andere denkers gooi ik mijn favoriete gedicht er maar weer eens in, helaas niet in het Engels:

Toeval bestaat niet
Chaos evenmin
De wereld staat stil
En jij er middenin