Tophat665

One of the things I have always liked about Calvin and Hobbes was the ridiculous things his dad would get him to buy into. "See those trees swishing back and forth? Yeah. That's what makes the wind blow." One of the things I have been waiting for as a father is for my girls to get old enough that I can start doing that, not malciously or even randomly, but to effect. Do you do this? Post some examples here. Couple of mine:

Couple weeks ago, my wife put some mini bagel pizzas in the oven for my three year old (the Bean) and forgot about them until some of the cheese had burnt black. Well, she cussed and set them aside on the stove to cool down for me to eat. Little later I'm eating one, and the Bean comes in the kitchen and says, "Daddy, what do you eating?" (She hasn't got all her tenses down yet.)
"Little baby pizzas with tasty black cheese," sez I, and paused a beat. "Want one?"
She loved the pizza's Angie had written off as a loss.

Dinner is always a challenge. The Peanut (our 18 month old) has two hollow legs and can tuck away like a linebacker, but the Bean seems to live on air. Tonight was pork loin and egg noodles with sour cream, pepper, and parmesan. Well, Lizziebean wanted "Hot Bread," - what your people call toast.
"We don't have any bread, Beanie/ You want some special noodles?"
"No! I Want hot Bread!"
"Don't have any bread kiddo. Want noodles?"
"No!"
"Howzabout a knuckle sandwich?"
"Don't want a kanuckle sammich!"
"Well stop asking me for one, then. Howzabout a rubber biscuit?"
"Rubber Biscuit! Rubber Biscuit!"
Could not believe it! Here I am being a wiseass and I get called on it by a three year old. So I cut the butt end of the pork loin off for her, put it on a plate, and said, "Here, my dear, is you rubber biscuit." She ate the darn thing and asked for seconds and thirds.

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