My two year old son is a doll; I'm crazy about him. He's always happy, he's got a great sense of humor, and he mispronounces everything in hilarious fashion. Your basic two year old, with one small exception: the last two times we have ordered takeout chinese food, when he gets his fortune cookie at the end, he breaks open the cookie, takes out his fortune, and proceeds to shove the fortune down his pants. Not kidding.
Now, if he shoved lots of things randomly down his pants throughout the day, that would be one thing, but he doesn't....only fortunes from fortune cookies. What could it possibly mean? Frankly, I'm not concerned, so much as I'm curious.
Posted by Dick at February 22, 2004 10:59 AM | TrackBackCheck his fortune. Maybe it reads: "Shove this in your pants, kid! Do it now!" A theory.
Posted by: Scott Hess at February 23, 2004 09:30 AMSome theories:
* he thinks it's toilet paper
* he's seen grownups putting paper in their pockets, and is trying to mimic that
* he associates "fortune" with "getting lucky"
Posted by: Bill Seitz at February 23, 2004 10:01 AMI'm totally going to start doing this.
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