I was helping Charles to work on his Pinewood Derby car and inquired as to what design he was thinking of. He wanted a plain white rectilinear solid with black spots and a smiley face on front, to look like Mr. Cowie. Not a particularly challenging project and I sked Charles about that. He replied that he wanted something simple so he didn’t have to work on it much.
Dad: Don’t you want to have a nice car?
Charles: Not if it’s a lot of work.
Dad: You don’t want to accomplish something with your car?
Charles: I do accomplish things. Simple things, which are easy.
Dad: That’s not much of an accomplishment, if something’s easy.
Charles: That how I like it.
Dad: You’re not going to do very well in life if you don’t try to accomplish stuff. How will you get by?
Charles: My big blue eyes.
Dad: You plan to marry some rich girl and have her keep you like a pet?
Charles: Yes. But not one that likes me.
Dad: Why not?
Charles: She might try to hug me and stuff.
Dad: Well, I am just not seeing why she would keep you around in the first place if she doesn’t like you very much.
Charles: Big blue eyes.
Dad: I think you might want to work on a Plan B.