Strandbergs' Book of Quotations

This morning, my daughter and I were wrapping a couple of birthday gifts to bring to a friend's house. Since she was "helping," we were doing it awkwardly on the kitchen floor, where I hadn't noticed there were a few small puddles of water from when I'd last washed my hands. Naturally, the gift wound up in one of the puddles.

Inspecting the damage, I said, "Bummer. I wish this hadn't gotten wet."

"Maybe if you don't tell anyone about it, your wish will come true," my girl helpfully suggested.

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While playing at said friend's house later in the day, my son was admiring a particular toy that his playmate was wielding.

"That's a cool sword," he said.

My girlfriend told him, "That came from Japan." She'd just been there on a business trip.

"Hmm," my boy replied. "Most things come from China."