Questions from Owen

 Owen is full of questions. They all begin like this:

"Excuse me, Mommy?"

"Yes, Owen?"

"I have a question."

"Owen, you don't have to say excuse me and that you have a question separately each time. It's really fine if you just ask the question."

But he always excuses himself first, and then makes an announcement that he has a question. Every time. All day long. Every day. We started keeping a list, so here is a partial sampling. Just keep in mind that you have to imagine the full preface before each one. 

-Are tadpoles slimy?

-What's your least favorite hockey team?

-Do bulldozers have brains?

-What's the best way to start reading? (This was a joke. The answer is, "the letter R")

-Does it help if the kids stay awake when you have to drive all night through the night?

-Does Mom snore?

-Why does Daddy always drink beer? (I've had exactly one beer in 2021)

(upon being X-rayed at the dentist's office)--Can I keep the picture?

-Would you rather be Darth Vader or Mace Windu?

-Are babies poisonous to dragons?

-What are you going to do with the car when you buy a new one? Can I have it?

-Can glasses get chicken pox?

-Are cars faster than clouds?

-How easy to destroy are TIE fighters?

-Would you rather spend a few bucks on a pizza or wash dishes all afternoon?

-This isn't actually a question, I just want to tell you that chapel is a little bit boring, plus even a little bit more boring.

-Which has more sugar, apple juice or gatorade?

-Is philosophy the study of ancient statues?

-Why aren't there any roads named after me?

-True or false, can hamburgers move on their own?

-Can James smell with his tongue?

-Why can't a six year old be a Roman emperor?

-Do birds have birthdays?

-Why can't you get rid of ticks by shooting them into outer space with a bow and arrow?

-If you dropped a leaf twenty miles up in the sky above the entrance of a park and then a hiker went from one end of the park to another would the hiker get back first or would the leaf touch the ground first?

-Do you need my calculator to figure that question out?