My son the fighter pilot was My son the tree

[Amy Z]

Pippin wrote:

> Your story reminds me of when my son and his friend were 
> playing "Top Gun" pilots. They were re-enacting the scene where  
> Tom Cruise gets chewed out by his commanding officer, 
> complete with profane language. I told them they weren't allowed 
> to talk that way in the house, whereupon the friend said, "But 
> that's the way real fighter pilots talk!" I was stuck for a second, 
> then I said, "Not in front of their mothers."

LOL!  And very true, I'm sure.

And an ROTFL to "Hello Mary Sue."  Pure genius.

Amy