Word Play

Today after karate class the girls and I were eating dinner at a greasy spoon, waiting for our grub, and talking about imaginary karate techniques. It went something like this:
“I’m training for my rainbow belt.”
“Well I’m training for my one thousand black belt.”
“The rainbow belt is after that. Duuuuh!”
“It is not.”
“Is too.”
“Then I’m training for [...]

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David Eric Tomlinson is a professional copywriter and author who has an unhealthy relationship with caffeine. David has a degree in creative writing from the University of California, San Diego, and can usually be found in the coffee shops of north Dallas, USA furiously finishing his first novel.

Today after karate class the girls and I were eating dinner at a greasy spoon, waiting for our grub, and talking about imaginary karate techniques. It went something like this:

“I’m training for my rainbow belt.”

“Well I’m training for my one thousand black belt.”

“The rainbow belt is after that. Duuuuh!”

“It is not.”

“Is too.”

“Then I’m training for my pink belt.”

“Do you know Red Apron?”

“No.”

“Then you can’t get your pink belt. That’s required. You know … RED. PINK.”

“And so is Evading Form Seventeen.”

“Do you know Shattering Mirror?”

“No, but I know … Dubious Reflection.”

“What about Stare of Death?”

“So what you just … look at them funny and they die?”

“Yes.”

“I don’t know that one either.”

“You better get on that.”

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4 Comments

  1. Jennifer Hudson Taylor added these pithy words on April 6, 2009 | Permalink

    Kids are so funny. Our conversations are usually about swimming since that is what our daughter is into.

  2. Jenny Beans added these pithy words on April 8, 2009 | Permalink

    What a wonderful and exciting conversation! My daughter is into music and poetry, so a lot of our conversations at dinner tend to be about chords or rhymes. :)

  3. Annie Wicking added these pithy words on April 9, 2009 | Permalink

    Happy Easter to you and your family, David.

  4. Heather added these pithy words on April 11, 2009 | Permalink

    This made me laugh! Skadoosh.

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