And on the theme of 'kids say the darndest things': a few days ago, while I was cleaning up the living room, my son came up to me, handed me some dusty crayons and said, "Tiens, ma belle." For those of you out of province, 'tiens, ma belle', the equivalent of 'there you go, doll', is what truckers say to waitresses when they leave a tip or what any other sort of gruff and rough around the edges kind of guy says to a pretty young thing. It's a casual, friendly sort of paternalism. Like being called 'sweetheart' in the post office.
I love it.
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