Friday, January 19, 2007
Five O'Clock
When Andrew was learning to talk, I had a lot of fun conditioning him to respond to certain questions. For anyone who is interested, he is 19 now and none of it has stuck. However, one of my favorites was his response to "Hey Drew, what time is it?" He actually conditioned himself on this one. For some reason his response was always "Five O'Clock!" (the exclamation point was for his emphasis -- he REALLY like saying this time).
While this was going on, I often took Drew along to gatherings (usually for an AD&D game) with my friends. One such time we met at Lee and Tina's condo in Long Beach for a late afternoon / evening game. I was playing around with Drew and asked him the "what time is it" question. Coincidentally, it was within a few minutes of 5:00pm. The realization of this didn't come to me until someone (seems like it was Froggy) made an amazed comment about how Drew could read time already. I think the quote was an astonished, "What did he just say?!?!?"
I had some 'splaining to do. The group got a good laugh out of that one.
While this was going on, I often took Drew along to gatherings (usually for an AD&D game) with my friends. One such time we met at Lee and Tina's condo in Long Beach for a late afternoon / evening game. I was playing around with Drew and asked him the "what time is it" question. Coincidentally, it was within a few minutes of 5:00pm. The realization of this didn't come to me until someone (seems like it was Froggy) made an amazed comment about how Drew could read time already. I think the quote was an astonished, "What did he just say?!?!?"
I had some 'splaining to do. The group got a good laugh out of that one.
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I recall this little slice of time quite well. However, I thought you had deliberatly timmed the question. Not that it was serendipity.
Regardless it was an impressive minute of time. Us all thinking Drew was a savant.
Regardless it was an impressive minute of time. Us all thinking Drew was a savant.
Yeah - Lee conditioned Trevor to respond "yes" when asked, "Do you understand?"
That was just so Lee could get some kind of closure when he'd explained something to a toddler.
It didn't stick either. (I kind of wish it would have...)
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That was just so Lee could get some kind of closure when he'd explained something to a toddler.
It didn't stick either. (I kind of wish it would have...)
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