Backdraft #2: Word Play

Drafted on January 23, 2006

I say coal, you say Cole,

I overheard Joel talking to his sister about something he saw in a cartoon. He said, “, and then he burst into little black pieces. He burst into tiny pieces of coal!”

Confused, Olivia almost screeched, “He was tiny pieces of Cousin Cole???!!!”

In a soothing, yet mildly irritated big brother tone he answered, “No Livi, coal like for fire.”

I say pair, you hear pear,

Joel had a homework assignment – he was to list 3 items that come in pairs. I asked, “What is something that comes in a pair?

“Ummm, worms?”