RSWR #9

As noted here, we love to watch “The Big Bang Theory.” This week’s episode features Sheldon’s mislabeled and incongruous attempt at mockery following Penny’s disdainful sneer at the hot new neighbor. Sheldon offers up his version of Admiral Ackbar’s line, recently lionized by Robot Chicken’s Star Wars Special. “It’s a trap!” Multiple comedic repetitions later, my daughter catches on to the hilarity. Of course we’ve all seen the Robot Chicken version, so she knows how to make her daddy laugh. She asks what the following line is, and I give her my best Jimmy Stewart-with-gills -- “All craft pull up!” It’s hard to describe her version in audiologic terms – let’s just say it sounds like someone doing a bad imitation of someone doing a bad imitation.

This morning, during breakfast, she mumbles something. Jennifer’s laughing even as I ask Jackie “What?” Jackie repeats, “Itsch a tchrap! All schips pull up!”

Sharp as a tack, that girl. She makes me proud.