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Marius had been pestering his mom about wanting to get a mohawk, so finally Marianne gave in. It suits him, too.

Apparently, it took him a while to realize that a mohawk is also suitable for men. According to Marianne, he was quite excited upon seeing one of the towns punks (with a black spiked mohawk) and exclaimed with some awe: "I thought only ladies like Diana could go with hair like that!"



I have a really hard time deciding what I find more amusing: the fact that he thought that only women could have mohawks or that he considers Diana to be a Lady. Unfortunately, I don't have a picture of Diana, but let me assure you, neither does she look like your typical lady, nor does she act very lady-like.

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An interesting question, no doubt.
Marius, 7 years old, in kinder garden (børnehaveklasse, Vorschule) answered the following:

"That depends on the relative amount of molecules in the universe."

I am not making this up! He really said that. I heard it myself. His mothers comment to this was (after she found her voice again): "He didn't get this from Fru Heibergs memoirs." Marianne was reading them to him to get him to fall asleep. It worked for exactly two days, where after Marius began to read along and meditate on what he heard.

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Conversation between Marianne and myself:

Marianne: "On the way to school Marius asked me to ask you, who it was that sent the fossils into space around Saturn?"
Me: "Those are not fossils around Saturn."
Marianne: "Heh heh! I asked him if he was sure that it was fossils he meant upon which I got the superior answer: Is it you or me who has an understanding of these things, mom?"


Children are great! ;-)

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Marianne called and relayed the following conversation between her and her son:

Marius: "Where does gravity come from?"
Marianne: "Uhm, I don't know. I will ask "me". She is a physicist, and they know these things."
Marius: "Physicists, are those the people who educate themselves to make Lego?"

Of course! We know everything and make Lego! How could anyone question that???

(But between us: How on earth do I explain what gravity is in terms a seven-year-old can understand and without lying or giving an unsatisfying answer?)

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If my phone rings in the morning on a work day, it is usually something important or someone who tried to get a hold of me for some time. So when the phone rang this morning, I jumped out from under the shower (graciously like an overweight fairy with a major hangover), and ran to the phone (leaving a wet trail behind).
This is how the call went (originally it was in Danish, though):
me (dripping water all over the place): "Hello?"
... static ...
me (a little louder, irritated and beginning to freeze): "Hello???"
the other: "Hello?"
me: "Yes?"
the other: "This is Marianne... (hesitating) ...Marius has a question for you."
me (seriously wondering): "Yes?"
Marianne: " What is water made of?"
me (totally overwhelmed): "... er ..."
my brain: "dig, burrow, rummage ... ah ... found it! ... er ... wrong language ... translate to Danish: oxygen ... translate to Danish: elektronegativ ...feed mouth following information: adfgjporem,b abafmhajoa,di...."
me (going on auto pilot): "adfgjporem,b abafmhajoa,di..."
my subconsciousness (to my brain): "Hey brain! Marius i 6 years old and has his first day of school on Thursday. He will not understand anything."
my brain (to my subconsciousness): "But his mother is on the phone!"
my subconsciousness (to my brain): "Yea, and she studied history and knows therefore exactly what you are talking about..."
my brain: "... er ..."
me (not longer receiving anything from my brain): "... er ..."
me (while my brain desperately tries to find an explanation that is understandable and will work over the phone): "... er ..."
Marianne (a little unsure): "So water is made of oxygen and hydrogen?"
me (grasping for the straw): "Yes, water is made of oxygen and hydrogen - twice as much hydrogen than oxygen."
Marianne (relieved): "Thank you! I will pass that on to Marius. I knew you would know something like that. Bye."

I better get a hold of Marius soon and explain to him what water is made of properly, and in a way that he can grasp the concept...

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