Richard's Poor Almanac by Richard Thompson for December 06, 2020

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father's day special by emma t. age 4 1/2 emma: my dad suffers from paternal explanatory syndrome, also known as drivelalia factosis. "i first identified it on a trip out west last year." oop: see, emma, that's a volcano! magma under-ground builds up this huge pressure untilit blows right out of the mountain & makes a giant mess, like when you stepped on that twinkie & white stuff went all over the dining room flo - emma! stop chasing chipmunks! come look at this volcano! emma: daaad mount st-helens overlook "p.e.s. is hereditary on the male side." dad: the carburetor is the mot elegant device known to man. allow me to demonstrate... my dad & his dad, circa 1967. "it's been around for a long, long time." caveman: gravity is caused by static electricity in rocks. see? like when you rub 2 chipmunks together. girl: nng. "i'm learning to cope with it." oop: hey emma, did you know that tic-tac-toe was invented by the ancient egyptians? only they called it ptic-ptac-ptoe. emma: uh huh. "and i hope my sister will, too." oop: look charlotte, it's fossilized dinosaur poop! the scientists who study stuff like that are called paleopoopologists. sister: nng. palapoophog.