So, how do you fit an elephant in a car?

[Richv]

Opposable thumbs help.

As does lots of folding cash.

[Capn Lazarus]

Big peoples' toys are expensive.

[Richv]

Big peoples' toys are expensive.

"The difference between men and boys is the price of their toys." Anonymous

[Capn Lazarus]

So I'd heard.

[Richv]

So I'd heard.

Similar facts apply to girls and women when it comes to clothing and accessories.

[Capn Lazarus]

Right! Accessorize a Barbie with all her bells and whistles and you've sunk a ton of cash into your little girl's toybox.

[Richv]

Right! Accessorize a Barbie with all her bells and whistles and you've sunk a ton of cash into your little girl's toybox.

You're preaching to the choir, my friend. Our 6-year-old grandaughter recently moved to America from Russia with nothing but the clothes on her back.

[Capn Lazarus]

Hopefully it will take a while for her to become Americanized in her shopping and spending ways. I know you'll help and guide her.

[Richv]

Hopefully it will take a while for her to become Americanized in her shopping and spending ways. I know you'll help and guide her.

That's her grandmother's job. I teach her about things like topology and non-Euclidian Geometry.

[Capn Lazarus]

Is her English good or does she speak mostly Russian?

[Richv]

Is her English good or does she speak mostly Russian?

Her English is fantastic.

[Capn Lazarus]

Keep her out of the school system then---it would be a shame to crush all that intelligence and ability.

[Richv]

Keep her out of the school system then---it would be a shame to crush all that intelligence and ability.

If money was not so tight, she'd be in private school; for now, we settle for frequent innoculations of free-thinking and independence.

[Arancaytar]

"There is no problem so big or so complex that it cannot be solved through the proper application of large amounts of high explosives." Unknown

Also, "as the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero."

(And that would be wrong.)

[Richv]

"There is no problem so big or so complex that it cannot be solved through the proper application of large amounts of high explosives." Unknown

Also, "as the size of an explosion increases, the number of social situations it is incapable of solving approaches zero."

(And that would be wrong.)

"Sublety is using chemical explosives instead of nuclear explosives." Sawtooth Rivergrinder, a terraforming robot from Freefall (freefall.purrsia.com)

[Capn Lazarus]

Is a Montessori school out of your reach financially? The special structure of courses would be a blessing at a minimum expense for the benefits.