The logic of children

[unixronin]

Playing BrainQuest with Wen the Eternally Surprised, who just turned three.  The card has a picture of a table with only three legs instead of four.

Me:  "What's missing from this table?"

Wen:  "Chairs."

Well, she's right....

Comments

[jilara.livejournal.com]

And isn't it great that her mind isn't being limited by the expectations of others? (Who says tables have to have four legs?)

[technoshaman.livejournal.com]

Out of the mouths of babes...

[otherbill.livejournal.com]

Our kitchen table only has one leg. (Mind you, it's a pedestal, but...)

[robbat2.livejournal.com]

I had a 3-legged table before, and there was nothing wrong with it!
stop discrimating against tables without 4 legs!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

The drawing was clearly of a four-legged table with one leg missing, not an intentionally three-legged table. But I thought it was interesting that her first thought to "What's missing" was "Chairs", followed by "Food on the table."

[attutle.livejournal.com]

I've always favored the three-legged tables anyway. They wobble less. Same with chairs.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Yeah, a tripod is inherently stable. Which is part of why six legs is such a successful model.

[olafthunderfoot.livejournal.com]

smart kid!