Time for more homeless quotes from Mr. Simon. (“Mr. Simon” is TM my cousins Arnie & Jane.)
Upon counting his cousin Ben’s shots and calculating points at an arcade basketball game:
“I’m like a score-board”
On his preferred route driving home from his grandparents’ house:
“No, no, Daddy. Don’t stay on 64; take 264 to Taylorsville Rd. It’s faster that way.”
Said on the way home from grandparents’ house minutes after playing basketball there:
“I miss basketball.”
Said in the car on the way home from his last HYR soccer game:
“I miss soccer.”
Said while walking from tennis court to vacation rental house:
“I miss tennis.”
Said on bike on the way from the ocean to vacation rental:
“I miss the ocean.”
Said upon driving past golf course:
“When am I going to learn to play golf?”
Because, you know, the poor boy plays no sports at all…
And the pièce de résistance:
“Boy, mommy, the world got better after I was bornded [sic].”
“What do you mean?”
“Well, you and Daddy got chicken pox, but after I was born I got a vaccine so I won’t get chicken pox.”
“Did you hear about that on a show today?”
“No, daddy told me about it one day when we were coming back from soccer or basketball. I don’t remember. It was a long time ago.”
“Well it’s good that you remember that!”
“Yeah, you know what Mommy? My brain never lets me down.”
Love it: My brain never lets me down.
Well, just wait, old Simon, old buddy, just you wait.