It's 4:30 and Isayah has just arrived for work today. He is late, and eating a bag of Lays Barbecue chips. I'm rushing him so my boss won't get annoyed, and in my attempts to say "stop eating,and go get to work!" I say "stop that, and go eat!" I correct myself, but minutes later he says "isn't 'ate' the past tense of 'eat'?" Yes. "So why'd you say hurry up and go eat" instead of "hurry up and ate?"
"Well first, I didn't mean to say eat or ate; i was rushing and misspoke. Secondly, commanding you to 'go eat' implies that i want you to do it now, not in the past, so while 'ate' is a proper use of the past tense, it is used inappropriately if in a present tense command."
"But now that I'm finished my chips, couldn't I tell you that I've 'already ate' so I don't need to hurry up and eat?"
"No, you'd have to say 'have eaten' or 'i've already eaten' which is the past participle."
"Touche', Mom. Touche'."
Score this round for the Mommy, lol. Jeah!
Tuesday, December 8, 2009
Monday, December 7, 2009
Quote of the day
Motivational Quote of the Day
"Don't ask what the world needs. Ask what makes you come alive, and go do it. Because what the world needs is people who have come alive."
Isayahism for today 12.7.09
Isayah: Hey Ma, guess what I got for my birthday this weekend?
Me: hmmm...I dunno, what?
Isayah: GUESS!!
Me: Um, new clothes?
Isayah: Nope.
Me: Uh, a new bike?
Isayah: Nope.
Me: okaaay...ummm...*staring at his fresh shape up*....a hair...cut?
Isayah: *gas face*
Me: oh. ok. um, did you get some money?
Isayah: Nope. C'mon, you get 17 more guesses!
Me: Wait, wha? *super gas face* I give up.
Isayah: I got new shoes, Nike of course. I got Call of Duty, which is so vicious I wanna break out my xbox and play it right now IN THE CAR! I also got a fresh new Sidekick, with a new number, from my dad but he didn't give me the charger because the charger is in his car and his girlfriend K******* has the keys to his car at her house, but his car was left at his girlfriend J*****'s house...and he can't get to it right now...
Me: *Blink* *Blink* *super gas face with flared nostrils*
Happy Birthday, son.
Me: hmmm...I dunno, what?
Isayah: GUESS!!
Me: Um, new clothes?
Isayah: Nope.
Me: Uh, a new bike?
Isayah: Nope.
Me: okaaay...ummm...*staring at his fresh shape up*....a hair...cut?
Isayah: *gas face*
Me: oh. ok. um, did you get some money?
Isayah: Nope. C'mon, you get 17 more guesses!
Me: Wait, wha? *super gas face* I give up.
Isayah: I got new shoes, Nike of course. I got Call of Duty, which is so vicious I wanna break out my xbox and play it right now IN THE CAR! I also got a fresh new Sidekick, with a new number, from my dad but he didn't give me the charger because the charger is in his car and his girlfriend K******* has the keys to his car at her house, but his car was left at his girlfriend J*****'s house...and he can't get to it right now...
Me: *Blink* *Blink* *super gas face with flared nostrils*
Happy Birthday, son.
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