When Kevin was really young (not talking yet) I would take him on nature walks around our apartment complex. I pointed out leaves, flowers, rocks, trees, birds, bugs, dogs.....
The
first words he learned were "boogh" (bug) and "bup-pup" (bird poop). A boogh was anything small that moved, such as a bug, something blowing in the wind, or fish in an aquarium at the pet store. "Bup-pup" was any kind of spot-- bird poop on the pavement, ketchup spot on the tablecloth, polka dot patterns....
Waaaay fast foreward, this happened early this summer. Kevin's 11 now.
We've been watching Monty Python DVD's as a way of introducing our son to the basics of his Geek heritage.
So, it was a beautiful summer night, and Kevin and I were looking at the stars, and we saw blinking lights, the first lightning bugs of summer. We admired them a bit and he asked me why they flash. I said it was pre-mating behavior. Kevin comes out with "Nudge nudge, blink-blink, say no more"