Yesterday Pippa brought me the yo-yo someone had given her months ago, and asked how to make it work. I dusted off all my best 5th-grade yo-yo chops and showed her the few tricks I remembered, all the while wowing her with highlights from the history and terminology of the yo-yo.
Did you know, I asked her, that yo-yos were developed as a kind of weapon? I demonstrated the potential advantage of a projectile that returned directly to one’s hand by gently bumping her on the head. She appositely compared the yo-yo to a boomerang, only — she stipulated — easier to catch.
Then a look of fascinated horror and bemusement flashed across her face. “Someone should tell George Bush to look in Iraq for thousands of Yo-yos of Mass Destruction!”
Posted by AKMA at February 4, 2004 09:03 AM | TrackBackI'm picturing a new character on Hogan's Heroes, the plucky and wisecracking Lt. Duncan.
Posted by: steve at February 4, 2004 11:45 AM>> “Someone should tell George Bush to look in Iraq for thousands of Yo-yos of Mass Destruction!”
Oh, AKMA, you didn't leave this opportunity open, did you?
Posted by: bandiera at February 5, 2004 06:17 AM