Jay: Mom, I seriously wish math would stop crapping up my life.
Me: Jay, math is important. It helps your brain develop.
Jay: It hurts my brain, that’s what it does. Can’t I just skip it?
Me: You’re in 5th grade. You can’t skip math. It’s against the law.
Jay: How about if I just skip fractions? C’mon, write the school a little note explaining that it makes my brain hurt. I’ll sit in the nurse’s office during math.
Me: Stop being ridiculous.
Jay: Why do I even have to know this stuff anyway? It’s not like I’m gonna be some boring bank dude. No offense or anything, Dad. That type of job is good for you.
Dad: Gee, thanks, Jay.
Jay: What I mean is, that’s just not who I am. I wanna be an artist or a writer or even a comedian. You don’t need math for any of that stuff.
Dad: Sure you do.
Jay: Maybe if you plan on being a Math Comedian and then your jokes would be like, “So, the 4 walked up to the 6 at the bar and said, ‘Hey, baby! Let’s multiply.'”
Happy Friday, everyone!. May your weekend be math-free…especially for those “boring bank dudes.” Poor guys. 😉
Boring Bank Dude is crying because math is “crapping up” his life.
Young American Wisdom 
Fun! I’m on his side (well only because I can’t help Sarah with 5th grade math, the way they teach it confuses me).
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I know! Even Boring Bank Dude, who’s good at math, can’t help. They teach it so differently now. I make the older two help Jay.
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Poor boring dad
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I know…it’s really quite a shame. Poor guy can’t catch a break. 😉
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Maybe the reason I wasn’t offended is because I am not a bank dude, lol. I might be boring though.
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He thinks your job is boring…not you! 😉
And, if it makes you feel any better, he said I was boring because I don’t rank Good Burger in my top 5 favorite movies of all time.
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Oh, and he just told Will he was boring for not having a light saber battle in snow. You’re not alone.
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I always love your hilarious posts. Keep ’em coming.
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Thank you for the kind, supportive words, David. 🙂
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Aaaaah! Smiles at the post AND thanks to see a new post from you!
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Thanks so much, Deb! Happy New Year!
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I love this one Nancy 🙂
Happy New Year 2014
and have a wicked time
this weekend my dear 🙂
Andro xxxx
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Happy New Year to you, Andro!
Thanks for stopping over. 🙂
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I’m with Jay! I think you should take his case to the principal. He is not going to need it for his future profession, stand-up-comedian. Stand up for anti-math kids!
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Maybe he should start a protest in front of the school. 😉
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