Bikers and Rhinos

On our drive back from St.Louis we stopped at a truck stop for gas & a potty stop. We parked the slobber mobile (mini-van) in front of the building & ran the kids into the bathroom. There was a large stack of propane tanks (for gas BBQ grills) in front of us with a large red sign that read No Smoking. We are busy getting everyone buckled back in after the potty stop when we notice a tattooed, bearded man on a Harley pull up next to us and park. The man turns the motorcycle off, then while standing next to it proceeds to light a cigarette. Our 4 year old boy looks at the No Smoking sign, then at the smoking biker. He then says, "Hey dude, sign says NO SMOKING, why you be smoking there?" No Answer, biker man continues to smoke. Our 4 year old decides he needs to lay down the law and says, " Hey dude want to fight?!?" Then our boy pauses before saying.....,"No --- You're not big enough!" The biker was oblivious to the fact that he had just been challenged by our little law enforcer. At that moment I was grateful for our 4 year old's speech impediment! Luckily, his sibling "interpreters" kept quiet!


(Michael E. Keating photo)
Yesterday we were driving down the highway when a deer ran in front of our car across the road. Our 4 year old said. "Wook ah dat Whino, he went indo da fowwest over der!" Translation: Look at that Rhino, he went into the forest over there! I have no idea why he called it a Rhino, it was a fairly small deer. We had a good laugh.