Clare's Dad

On a rare occassion I get Clare to turn off cartoons and watch something I want to see.  If I’m lucky she’ll even sit through Jeopardy with me before bedtime.  I tell her that watching it will make her smarter.

A few days ago, on one of these rare occassions, we were watching Jeopardy and Clare’s Mom and I were doing pretty well with the answers.  And after each answer, Clare said, “That’s what I was going to say.”

After Jeopardy, a short promotional spot for the 11 o’clock news came on with some story such as “armed robbery suspect caught…tonight at 11.”

When we turned the TV off, I asked Clare if she had learned anything.

“Yeah,” she said, “but how do they know what’s gonna happen tonight at eleven?”