Laid my egg on the wrong nest.
Riddle related comments went to post above.
Zhou De-Ming | 11.24.04 - 3:41 pm | #

The boy ain't right.
Marc | 11.24.04 - 4:04 pm | #

The boy's fine...it's his linguistic heuristic I am worried about. Just Kidding...I think that boy-o is linking the sound of tart to toot hence it is like a train.
Fr. Shane Tharp | Homepage | 11.24.04 - 4:06 pm | #

Well, that competes with my daughter (then age 5) who, when asked how a shirt and a tie were related replied that they liked each other.

She is now almost 20 and doing very fine.
Roberto | 11.24.04 - 4:09 pm | #

Many years ago my young brother asked me the difference between a seagull and a baby. On saying I didn't know, he said,"Well, a seagull flits along the shore."
I'm still trying to work out what the baby does.
Don(Kiwi) | 11.24.04 - 4:30 pm | #

Don, your brother, he must be a melative of rine. I mean relative of mine.
Rev. Wm. Archibald Spooner | 11.24.04 - 4:56 pm | #

"Well, a seagull flits along the shore."
I'm still trying to work out what the baby does.

You're kidding, right?

Hint: swap the opening consonants on "Flits" and "Shore"
Chris-2-4 | 11.24.04 - 6:12 pm | #

Chris-2-4

Yeah, I'm kidding. You must be new, otherwise you would know me from some of my previous little stories on this blog. Have a happy Thanksgiving.
Don(Kiwi) | 11.24.04 - 6:28 pm | #

That is hilarious, Roberto! Sounds like my niece.
Lynn | Homepage | 11.24.04 - 11:49 pm | #

Children don't establish full contact with reality until they're nine or ten, in my opinion.
Elinor | Homepage | 11.25.04 - 9:47 am | #

He means that the word "sour" is long in the mouth, unlike the word "tart". Obviously, the child is a born poet.
EMC | 11.25.04 - 11:00 am | #

My then 5 year old daughter came down the first balmy day of spring and said to me, excitedly, "Look, Mom! I'm wearing shorts!" And her twin brother, never wanting to be left out of the excitement, looked down at his pants and said, "Yeah! And I'm wearing longs!"
KH | 11.25.04 - 11:42 am | #

I agree with EMC, but it's not just the word in the mouth, but the actions of specific foods on the palate: Tart being a quick sharp sensation and sour running on past the salivary glands with small secondary explosions like a train over a crossing.
Mike | 11.25.04 - 12:27 pm | #

Don(kiwi): "flits on the shore" . . . went right over my head.
Cradle Catholic | Homepage | 11.26.04 - 1:13 am | #

From my Vanya:

Q: What's the difference between roast beef and pea soup?

A: Anybody can roast beef.
Julianne Wiley | 11.27.04 - 5:25 pm | #

Man, I had a strong sense that numerals had gender (1,4,6,8,9-female; 2,3,5,7-male) when I was wee. Recently read that this is a form of synesthesia. Cool.
Dave Munger | Homepage | 11.30.04 - 7:49 pm | #