Hole in one

I watch him hit Bukugan balls across the kitchen floor with a plastic light saber with quite an alarming degree of accuracy.
“How many balls are there in bill birds?”
“I have no idea. Is this one of your new jokes luvvy?”
“No. I’m askin. How many balls are there in bill birds?”
“I don’t think I know what a bill bird is?”
“Bill birds is dah English game which is being called Pool properly.”
“Ah! You mean billiards!”
“O.k.”
“Super. Glad we sorted that one out then.”
“So?”
“So what?”
“How many balls is there?”
“Oh, I wouldn’t know, I’m not really very sporty.”
“Sporty?”
“Yes, Billiards is an Olympic sport…..isn’t it? I was never any good at Trivial Pursuits.”
“S’not trivial, its importint!”
“!”
“Itsa game not a sport.”
“Oh, well you’re the American so you would probably know best.”
“So how many?”
“Like I said, I don’t know……I can look it up if you like?”
“No, jus look in your head.”
“Pardon?”
“Can’t you see it?”
“Where?”
“In yur head. I can see it in my head.”
“Oh, like in my mind’s eye………no I still can’t see it. Can you?”
“Of course.”
“How many then?”
“I can be seeing 15 in dah triangle thingy.”
“Can you really?”
“Yes. Wot do you see?”
“A headache.”

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Posted on November 15th, 2009.
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12 Comments

  1. Tanya @ TeenAutism:
    November 15th, 2009 at 11:54 pm

    “S’not trivial, its importint!” Hilarious! xoxo

  2. pixiemama:
    November 16th, 2009 at 6:24 am

    Hilarious! I love when kids ask questions to which they already know the answer. :)

  3. Leanne:
    November 16th, 2009 at 8:17 am

    I needed a smile today. :)

  4. ff:
    November 16th, 2009 at 10:34 am

    Wow! What an incredible mind, he can just picture and count the balls in his head. I love your convos with him. So precious.

  5. Niksmom:
    November 16th, 2009 at 11:14 am

    Mind boggling. I’d see a headache too! lol

  6. CorrieHwe:
    November 16th, 2009 at 2:44 pm

    I agree with all the above! ‘s’not trivial, its imporint!’ and when kids ask questions when they already know the answer. That’ what I discovered about my son too. Now I just turn it around, “I don’t know, you tell me.” He also “sees” in his head tool. I think this is why he has language issues. I think he has to translate into words what he sees because the rest of us think in words.

  7. Stephanie:
    November 17th, 2009 at 10:11 pm

    I’ve played pool many times and I wouldn’t have been able to answer that from a mind picture.

    Willy does that,too, usually about Pokemon or one of his shows.

  8. Lis Garrett:
    November 18th, 2009 at 6:49 am

    LOL! This is one of my favorite conversations so far. :-)

  9. Crystal Jigsaw:
    November 18th, 2009 at 6:56 am

    Oh that’s put a smile on my face, thanks.

    CJ xx

  10. Michelle O'Neil:
    November 19th, 2009 at 8:44 pm

    I’d never know how many were in the triangle thingy. Smart boy.

  11. Mer:
    November 20th, 2009 at 9:12 pm

    I wish I could “just look in my head” for things. I can’t even picture my front door, let alone less familiar objects.

  12. Brenda:
    November 21st, 2009 at 10:26 am

    Jack can see in his head, too! Isn’t it great!