The Cat is Boring
The argument that kept my boys awake half an hour past bed time:
Malcolm: “Dad, the cat won’t sit in bed with me. Now it’s boring.”
Ian: “The cat is boring?”
Mal: “No, it’s boring. The cat’s not boring.”
Ian: “Well, the cat’s boring to me because she was in your bed.”
Mal: “That doesn’t make her boring!”
Ian: “She’s boring to me.”
Mal: “You’re boring!”
Ian: “No! The cat’s boring.”
Mal: “You’re boring!”
Ian: “No! You’re boring!”
Mal: “No, you!”
Dad: “Would you both stop talking and go to sleep please? It doesn’t matter who’s boring because it’s bed time and boring is a part of going to sleep!”
One of them: “I’m not tired.”
The other: “Me either.”