Every Jewish parent dreads the day the Holocaust comes up.
Posted by Catherine on Aug 4, 2010 in Laughing is better than the alternative |
However, I have to say, our first go at it two years ago wasn’t so bad.
Me: What did you learn about in Hebrew School today?
Oldest: A lot. We learned about concentration camps.
Me: Oh? What about them?
Oldest: They put Jewish people in camps. We also learned about Anne Frank.
Me: What about her?
Oldest: She had very special diarrhea.
(long pause)
Me: I did not know that.
Oldest: She wrote about her life in a concentration camp.
Me: Oh. She wrote about that in a *diary* sweetie. Not diarrhea.
Oldest: Right. A diary. I knew that.
Me: Of course you did.
Something tells me, as they get older, that it won’t ever be that easy again.
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Very amusing but Anne Frank didn’t write about her life in a concentration camp… get it right.
You are so right! How did I mess that up? Okay, now I remember…I ran out of stimulants that week. Good lookin’ out!