My daughter’s science assignment is to come up with analogies for the parts of a cell. My husband is helping her with ideas like a factory and an assembly line. I’m in the kitchen yelling my own suggestions: “gun runners, the Nazi regime, slave traders, illegal high stakes gambling…” Since she has to turn this in, I thought it would be fun to have totally inappropriate responses. Husband’s like, we’d be called for a teacher conference, be shown this, and say, “Oh good. She toned it down.”
I learned something interesting today. The term indentured servant comes from when master and servant would write up their contract on a piece of paper, then tear the paper, each person keeping half. To verify the contract, they would line up the indents on the torn side of the paper. Neat, no?
nucleus: the closet Grandma’s kept in
mitochondrion: Abu Graib sweat box
chloroplast: Swiss bank account
lysosome: crocodile pit
ribosomes: boogers
endoplasmic reticulum: highway to Hell
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Nice.
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Funny stuff. And cute kid.
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Thank you. We try.
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That is the cutest picture. So sweet. As for the indentured servant, thanks. Always nice to learn something new!
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Oh good. Thank you. I’m glad someone enjoyed that. I thought it was fascinating.
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Ha, ha it looks like he’s thinking of pranks for the day he can plot them on his sisters.
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Haha. He’s building them up. “As soon as I’m able to move on my own, they’ll see what it’s like…”
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Your daughter could write the “story of a cell” with your suggestions–it’d be an action-packed, adrenaline-inducing adventure! Love the decorating! Tell the girls to enjoy dressing him up now, because little brothers have a tendency to stop sitting still when they get older 😀 And wow, fun fact about indentured servants. I never would have guessed.
Still working on your chapter–sorry. Been a crazy few weeks, but now that tennis is over, things should quiet down (I don’t have to pick up my daughter’s shift at the library). Then again, there’s something about being in a library…
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Ha. I do love libraries. We go every Saturday, but sometimes my girls beg us to go sooner than that. It’s not a bad problem to have! I did a little more with ch. 5 after I sent it to you, but only stuff like deleting a few thens. Nothing major. If I finish ch. 6 before you start ch. 5, I’ll resend. But don’t let that hold you back should the mood strike you!
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If your daughter actually used your suggestions, you could tear her paper with a ‘F’ on it in half, just as a reminder to you both that your husband should always help with homework as her indentured servant….you win both ways then!!!
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Smart, Jeff! Way to incorporate different levels of learning! 🙂
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Parts of a cell? You missed: bars, locks, thin mattress, metal cup, toilet, … And what else would you do with a baby brother? He doesn’t look unhappy about the procedure.
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You’re right. There were so many ways we could’ve gone with that.
The poor baby brother is mostly clueless about what’s happening to him most of the time. Some day that will change in a big way, however.
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It will change for sure!
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Now I have learned something today and therefore the day is a success. Thank you very much.
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That’s how I always feel when I learn something new. And if it happens early in the day, I’m like, great, now I’m done for the day. 😉
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Exactly what went through my mind
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Yes! 🙂
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Oh my …. seems like your answers were ignored … and thankfully so! 😉 … Nucleus (brain), mitochondria (battery), chloroplasts (kitchen), lysosome (stomach), endoplasmic reticulum (tunnels), ribosomes (protein milk shake factory)
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Somehow none of my suggestions made the cut.
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Huh. I didn’t know that about indentured servant contracts. Seem so logical now that you explain it. I love the photo of your decorated baby. He seems placid, resigned to his fate.
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Yep, three big sisters. That’s a fate he might as well accept now.
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Yes–neat! Like tearing a monetary bill in half to make sure a task is accomplished. I love learning.
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I feel like that’s the story of my life…pairing torn debris as indication that a specific obligation is done…
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The history behind the indentured servant is new, thanks for that. And the baby brother looks absolutely adorable, sure his sisters were happy about it!
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I have no doubt that won’t be the last time he gets “decorated.”
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Haha! So sweet!
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I like the pic. The baby seems content with the decorations.
Based on his place within the family, he’s going to have to be easy going.
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Oh, yeah. This is only the beginning!
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Aw….how cute is this little guy???? What a total sweetheart!!! ❤
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Thanks, Lucie! 🙂
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You, your husband and your girls made me laugh in this post, thereby reinforcing the aptness of your blog’s title. What fun you and your family have.
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Thank you, Aunt Beulah! We try. 🙂
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Your stories of home are so funny. No, I didn’t know that about “indentured” servants. Interesting. And adorable decorated baby 😀
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Thank you, D. Wallace Peach. We have fun here. 🙂
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Funny, I just thought a lot of false teeth were involved in the story behind the origins of that term.
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Ha! That does sound like a logical assumption.
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