Why does it take a 7 year old to show me I'm retarded...

I'm sitting in the car about to drive my little guy to gymnastics.

"Daddy?"

"Yes, Dano."

"How come when you push the button in the car and all the windows are closed the garage door still closes?"

[Deep authoritative voice] "Well son, you see it uses radio waves."

"Radio waves? But how does it get through the windows when they're closed daddy?"

"Radio waves go through solid objects buddy, it doesn't matter if the windows are closed."

(Feeling smug now.)

"Ooooh." [pause] "Does it even go through 'water' daddy?"

Motherf...ah, oops...

"Ah, ah...water you say...um sh...sure buddy of course it does."

Good god son your dad is a phony, a hoax. The one medium that he could have picked.

Oh well, he'll find out soon enough that I'm and idiot and then he'll put me in a home where I can eat canned peaches and drink my apple juice from a spill proof cup.

I'll try to enjoy these moments when I can.

R.