Cody Confronts Evil

Two weeks ago Cody and I were driving somewhere together. I don't know where. Maybe to Five Guys. Who could say.

Anyway, he's recounting some injustice from the hippie Thunderdome that is Cardinal Montessori and he mentions that something or other is "the worst thing in the world." He gets like that when his Irish is up.

The conversation then went like this:

JVL: I think that's a little extreme, buddy. There are actually worse things in the world.

Cody [suddenly, very quiet and serious]: Daddy, what is the worst thing in the world?

JVL [pausing for a moment to consider]: Probably Yankees fans.

But here's the best part: He practically bust a gut laughing. He totally got the joke and, even better, he thought the idea of the joke was just as funny as the joke itself.

It's so interesting to watch the birth of humor in the kids.