Lazy New Yorker piece on PS 321 and Slope

Kind of a nothing piece - but a few good laughs with Walter . . .

Ishai, who was eating a bag of Pirate’s Booty, said, “I go to the Food Co-op.” Thomas asked if Pirate’s Booty was healthy. “It’s snacky,” Ishai said.

“How do we know when something is healthy?” Thomas asked.

“From reading the nutrients list,” Ishai said.

“I can’t read,” Walter said, pulling on a fleece hat. A boy's fleece hat.

The children headed down Seventh Avenue holding hands in boy-girl pairs: their choice. The group passed Back to the Land Natural Foods and the D’Vine Taste fancy-food emporium.

“There’s the wine market!” a boy named James said.

“I want to take off my coat, I want to take off my hat, I want to take off my shoes, I want to take off my pants, I want to take off my underwear!” Walter was saying as he entered the supermarket. Once inside, he yelled, “I want candy!”

and I didn't know that Shrek was bad for you . . .

A boy's fleece hat.

Now how do they know it's a boy's fleece hat? I am OFFENDED at the New Yorker's blatantly sexist attitude towards fleecy outerwear!

I didn't think it was that bad. I didn't think it was written so well and and walter's nudist desires were the only thing that played natural. but whats wrong with teaching kids that companies suck them in with pretty colors and children's characters?

Rose you made me laugh. My first grandchild at the age of less than three already knew what beverages were prohibited to children. The banned list included wine, beer, scotch and coffee( all on gramma's acceptable list). One fri on our weekly visit to the wine store the proprietor said hello to Alex and his response was .."Children don't drink wine, beer, scotch or coffee but my Gramma does!"

Kids say the darndest things!! This brilliant grandson of mine had another gem that fled from his mouth. For a long time I had been pointing out to him that it was a terrible thing that people left dogs tied in front of the post office. I have two precious dogs and he got this concept that it was as likely that I would tie him up infront of the post office as the dogs.

One day when he was 4 years old we were pasisng the post office and a dog was tied up in front. At that moment the owner came out and my kid looks at the women and proclaims.." You should be ashamed of yourself to tie the dog in front of the post office. You don't love this dog.!! gramma and I will take your dog home so he can live with Boris and Freddy and I will feed them all popcorn!