What’s being said in my house doesn’t seem any more crazy than what’s being said by Wisconsin’s legislative and judicial power-holders. Here’s a sampler from my home.
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Try to kill him with a helicopter! Try to kill him with a helicopter! [long pause.] Yeah you killed him. Okay cool. I’m still on my hunt for toilets, by the way.
Deadpool with a mask on just killed me.
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I’m too fat to take my meds. See? Drinking water makes me feel so fat. THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT.
[In a screaming whisper:] Your father is in the basement trying to record classes! Please stop yelling! Stop it now! Stop it!
AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGAAAAAAAAH
[Now yelling:] BE QUIET BECAUSE YOUR FATHER NEEDS US TO BE QUIET.
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[Nick makes farting noises for a long time.] You know what it’s called, mom? Realistic butt scratching simulator.
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Mom, what is multiplication.
Nick, stop.
Multiplication defies reality!
No, multiplication describes reality.
What? No, multiplication defies reality! Because some things you can’t multiply, like babies!
MULTIPLICATION IS A HUMAN CONSTRUCT. JUST DO YOUR MATH.
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Mom. Can I file a law soup against the president?
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Wanna ride a skateboard, mom?
No.
Why?
Because I don’t want to die.
I ride a skateboard.
Even I rode a skateboard when I was a kid.
Then why aren’t you dead?
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The Golden Gate Bridge is a Suspicious Bridge.
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[Anthony, focused on the Nintendo switch, thumbs busy:] If I’m gonna play any more of this game with you, I’m gonna need a beer.
Now THAT’s the dad I wanna play with!
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[Jesse sings to the theme song from Lion King:]
It’s the ciiiiiircle of liiiiiiife
and death is inevitable.