Friday, January 20, 2006


A Conversation With Charlie (Age 5) That Illustrates The Ubiquity Of A Popular Short Film


HIM: Dad, what does "ghost like Swayze" mean?
ME: Okay. There was this movie called Ghost and an actor in it named Patrick Swayze.
HIM: Is he a CRAZY SWAYZE?!
ME: Well, sort of. Yeah, I guess. And he played a guy who died and then came back as a ghost to visit people.
HIM: To scare them?
ME: No to be really nice to them. Help them with pottery, that kind of thing. So when you say "ghost like Swayze", you mean that you're leaving. That soon you will not be there anymore.
HIM: Ghost like Swayze!
ME: You want me to explain "I love those cupcakes like McAdams loves Gosling"?
HIM: No.

2 comments:

Christopher said...

Now all I can think of is, "would I buy a used car from somebody named "Crazy Swayze"?"

Matthew said...

I have no idea what that McAdads love Gosling line means.