Several months ago, I started a new weekly theme: Sundays Are For Sebastian. Sebastian is my five year old and he says some of the funniest things–we have no idea where he gets his material since his mother and I are rather boring, serious people.
We had a few discussions this week about Thanksgiving and its meaning. Many of the discussions eventually came down to one thing for Sebastian: eating turkey. One one such occasion, Tammy took the opportunity to point out to him that eating turkey also means that the turkey needs to be killed.
Tammy: “You know that a lot of the food we eat requires killing the animal.”
Sebastian: “Like what? Turkeys? That’s OK, they’re ugly.”
Tammy: “What about chicken?”
Sebastian: “Not as ugly as a turkey, but pretty ugly.”
Tammy: “You like bacon and sausage, that comes from pigs.”
Sebastian: “No problem, pigs are ugly.”
Tammy: “And cows?”
Sebastian: “Oh no! Cows are cute! We should not kill cows!”
Tammy: “Well that means no more hamburgers.”
Sebastian: “Oh. Really?”
Tammy: “Yes. Really.”
[Pause]
Sebastian: “What about warthogs, can we make hamburgers out of warthogs? They are really ugly.”
Tammy: “No, not really.”
Sebastian: “I guess it is OK to kill cows then.”
a logical reasoner
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He has his priorities…
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Well, his left brain is certainly functional. 🙂
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Yes. He seems to mix in the logical with the ridiculous on a regular basis, though!
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To killing cows and delicious hamburgers!
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Clink!
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The greatest counter-argument to vegetarianism that I have ever heard.
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We were trying to instill in him a respect for the food he eats. I don’t think he’s quite there yet…
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I never tire of reading your Sebastian stories 🙂 So much fun.
In other news, I have nominated your blog for the Blog of the Year award. Here is the link: http://shardsofsilence.wordpress.com/2013/12/02/another-star-for-the-blog-of-the-year-award/
Warm regards,
Vic
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Thanks so much! I am never quite sure to do with the award thingy, though!
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My pleasure. It is yours whatever you choose to do next 🙂
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