Thursday's Deep Thought...

One thing kids like is to be tricked. For instance, I was going to take my little nephew to Disneyland, but instead I drove him to an old burned-out warehouse. "Oh no," I said, "Disneyland burned down." He cried and cried, but I think deep down he thought it was a pretty good joke. I started to drive over to the real Disneyland, but it was getting pretty late.

trick noun, 1) a clever prank, a sly or ingenious feat, verb, 2) to deceive by cunning

Thursday's Deep Thought...

Ambition is like a frog sitting on a Venus Flytrap. The flytrap can bite and bite, but it won't bother the frog because it only has little tiny plant teeth. But some other stuff could happen and it could be like ambition.

ambition noun, a strong desire to achieve

Thursday's Deep Thought...

Maybe in order to understand mankind, we have to look at the word itself: "Mankind". Basically, it's made up of two separate words-"mank" and "ind". What do these words mean? It's a mystery, and that's why so is mankind.

mankind noun, no plural, all human beings

Thursday's Deep Thought...

Laurie got offended that I used the word "puke". But to me, that's what her dinner tasted like.

If you are parachuting, and your parachute doesn't open, and your friends are all watching youfall, I think a funny gag would be to pretend you were swimming.

funny adjective, 1) amusing, entertaining, to make someone laugh 2) strange, unusual, odd

Thursday's Deep Thought...

The face of a child can say it all, especially the mouth part of the face.

Whenever I see an old lady slip and fall on a wet sidewalk, my first instinct is to laugh. But then I think, what if I was an ant, and she fell on me. Then it wouldn't seem quite so funny.

thought noun, 1) an idea, the process of thinking 2) intention 3) attention, verb, 4) the past tense of think

Thursday's Deep Thought...

Broken promises don't upset me. I just think, why did they believe me?

If you ever catch on fire, try to avoid seeing yourself in the mirror, because I bet that's what REALLY throws you into a panic.

thought noun, 1) an idea, the process of thinking 2) intention 3) attention, verb, 4) the past tense of think