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http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl General Discussion >> Chat >> Was this a quick comeback? http://www.ozpolitic.com/forum/YaBB.pl?num=1429233999 Message started by bogarde73 on Apr 17^th, 2015 at 11:26am

Title: Was this a quick comeback?
Post by bogarde73 on Apr 17^th, 2015 at 11:26am

I thought so.
I forget what the hassle was yesterday but my 9yr old grandson was told if he did it again he wouldn't live to see another dawn.
Quick as a flash he said: "Does that mean I'll be nocturnal now".

Title: Re: Was this a quick comeback?
Post by Swagman on Apr 17^th, 2015 at 12:25pm

Smart kid for even knowing what 'nocturnal' means at age 9..... :)

Title: Re: Was this a quick comeback?
Post by bogarde73 on Apr 17^th, 2015 at 3:52pm

Sometimes you don't know whether to say "don't be smart" or laugh.
I burst out laughing.

Title: Re: Was this a quick comeback?
Post by Lord Herbert on Apr 17^th, 2015 at 6:08pm

It reminds me of when I was 8 years old and my father came wandering into the lounge room looking frustrated over a crossword puzzle he was doing.

One of my older brothers asked him what the question was - which he dismissed with a wave of the hand. But then he read it out to us with an air of hopelesness.

Quick as a viper I said: "moneyspider".

He didn't talk to me for the rest of the day ...

Title: Re: Was this a quick comeback?
Post by UnSubRocky on Apr 21^st, 2015 at 9:54pm

Swagman wrote on Apr 17^th, 2015 at 12:25pm:

Smart kid for even knowing what 'nocturnal' means at age 9..... :)

I dunno about that. Mum told me what nocturnal meant a long time before I reached 9 years of age. But the retort was a good one for some at age 9.

Title: Re: Was this a quick comeback?
Post by UnSubRocky on Apr 21^st, 2015 at 10:07pm

Lord Herbert wrote on Apr 17^th, 2015 at 6:08pm:

For sake of interest, Herbert, what was the question?