Friday, July 6, 2007

Kid Lit: Knowsey

Kid 1: Did you ever notice how kid 3 always seems to be jumping in on our conversations just to try to make us look stupid?
Kid 2: “Try” ??
Kid 1: It just seems like every time I tell you something fantastic, there she is, ready to pounce on our joy.
Kid 2: Comes out of nowhere, doesn’t she?
Kid 1: She’s awful. So nosey. So intrusive. And what does she know about kid lit?
Kid 2: Yes she is nosey, but she actually knows a lot about kid lit. More than me anyway.
Kid 1: Alright, alright. She does know a lot about kid lit.
Kid 2: She’s nosey and she knows a lot.
Kid 1: She’s all knowing and all nose! Haha.
Kid 2: She’s a double nose: “knowsey.”
Kid 1: Huh?
Kid 2: Picture it in writing: “knowsey.”
Kid 1: Oh haha!
Kid 3: Do you know what Freud says about jokes? He says they are told by “comics,” also known as people who want to regain some sort of control or power over the object of their joke. Since they are unable to do so in real life, they take stabs at them by way of jokes, thus rendering them weaker and conquerable. You, for example, make stabs at me. But all this only exists in your subconscious and the joke is a last resort attempt for you to gain control over your object. It’s quite pathetic actually; you trying to make up for your lack of conscious intellect by seeking help from your subconscious, the birthplace of your innermost fantasies. From my perspective the whole thing is quite flattering: not only am I an object of your deepest fantasies, but I am also unconquerable by you. I’m feeling quite invincible right now. So thanks.
Kid 1: Oh you think so eh?
Kid 3: No, Freud thinks so.

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