Playtime Ponderer Gifts

How To Sit When You Are A Kid

"According to mom the answers are all in this book!" "Too bad there's no pictures at which to look!"

"The way he stacks those blocks, I see repression, some hostility, and a lot of dissatisfaction with his place in society."

"I'm in a catch-23 situation."

'The organizational structure is pretty simple: We do the work; they take the credit.'

'Is THIS the way you plan to spend your peak learning years?'

"Lately, I've been trying to spend less time staring at the glowing orb."

"You're missing the whole gestalt of Frisbee!"

Philosopher trading cards.

'At least I don't have his life.'

"I have to get up for mine 3 or 4 times a night!"

"Of course you can't put your finger on it. It's a hypothetical particle."

"Events seem to be headed in the right direction. Unfortunately, it's not taking me with it."

Kids playing with the cardboard box instead of the expensive toys.

Thinking and thinking backwards.

How do you fell about buying your own health insurance?

Frog Baby Names

Time, Temp, Today's Neutrino Mass

"That would've gone better if I'd gotten here with my gift list instead of my spelling list."

"Hey, Brian. I can't make it to the park today, but I'll be there in spirit."

'It's a real conundrum. Not sure if I should open it, or beat it.'

Answers to last week's brain-teasers

Are you aware? The Higgs Boson was thought to exist even through no one had seen it!

"Is there a God?"

'Mummy, what's a daddy one of those called?'

'The hippiest dryads were often farouche.'

'Turn your thinking cap around, Robert.'

'If Aunt Arctica is on the bottom of the world, does that mean Uncle Artica is on top of the world?'

'That's from the last year the data was available.'

"I'm basically happy but I'd like a most cost-effective personality."

'No, I'm not into astronomy. That telescope is for you to see your new parking spot.'

Are these sessions as soul-deadening for you as they are for me, doctor? Let's not have a contest, Al. Or, if we do, no wagering.

Fingers

'Do you ever wonder about this whole 'money' thing?'

When dogs appear to be deep in thought.