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Theories Contrived at the Dinner Table

The following is a real conversation:

Dad: See, the atmosphere is like a lid.
Matt: Don’t you mean it’s like a dome? Like two domes, like a sphere?
Dad: Yes. Whatever—
Me: No no no, Matthew. See, the atmosphere is like a lid. Like a little hat on top of the earth! A little… a little buret!
Dad: A little buret.
Mom: Does it have a pom pom?
Me: Would you like for it to have a pom pom?
Mom: Well, I think the moon should be the pom pom.
Me: Yes! Yes, the moon is the pom pom on the little buret of the earth.
Dad: So global warming is like a buret?
Me: Exactly! No, like a sphere! Like two burets!
Matt: Like a sphere… two burets!
Me: The earth must be awfully confused because he’s wearing two burets…
Mom: One on either side!
Me: Yes! Yes! And when the thermal vent opens, it the world peeking out between his two burets because he’s too hot!
Mom: He’s wondering why he’s wearing two burets.
Me: Poor confused earth.
Mom: So, that’s how global warming is like a buret.
Me: Two burets.

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