Children Create Their Own Entertainment System
(It is Thanksgiving in the late 1980s. The Nintendo Entertainment System is very popular. My parents have bought one for my sisters and me, and as a Christmas surprise, they’ve also bought one for my grandparents. My youngest sister is three, and she has something urgent to tell my grandfather.)
Sister: *very seriously* “Pop-pop, if you were gonna buy a ‘intendo, don’t buy a ‘intendo, a-cuz there’s a wrapped-up ‘intendo in mommy’s closet!”
Grandfather: “Well, go get it!”
(Sister goes running out of the room. The rest of us are face-palming. My grandparents got their Christmas present a month early!)



