Monday, December 20, 2010

You know your kid has been watching too much Ben 10...

...when the plumber arrives to fix a leaky pipe under the house, and you have to explain, "No, TLM, not that kind of plumber"*.



*For those without young kids, in Ben 10 plumbers are people with special powers whose responsibilities including protecting the Earth from hostile aliens

5 comments:

nigel paddell said...

Interesting. Better than our variant on plumbers: Nixon's henchmen.

Anonymous said...

At least you didn't have a to explain plumbers crack to her.

I had the weirdest dream about you last night. I dreamed that we met and you weren't actually Asian.

Violet said...

nigel: those plumbers sound way evil.
donnasoowho - but we did! And I'm not!
Just jokin'...

nigel paddell said...

The idea was that they would "stop the leaks" to the press.

Violet said...

nigel : ah, an anti-wikileaks team...