Gentle fingers parade

I am sitting at the piano in our extra room, and Kim is lying on the floor after doing some cleaning, next to where I'm sitting. She was down there after I had popped her back and rubbed her shoulders a little bit. She sticks her feet up and put them in my lap.

Kim: 'scue me, could you give these feet the gentle fingers? They got left out of the gentle fingers p-- (stops herself).
me: What was that? Were you going to say "gentle fingers parade"?
Kim: (sheepish smile) Yes...
me: Gentle fingers parade? Why is it a parade?
Kim: I don't even know! There weren't any animals in it or anything...

I don't believe in numbers

me: Why are you wrinkling your nose at me?
Kim: Well I don't know...
me: Are those old lady wrinkles?
Kim: No, no, I doubt it.
me: How old are you?
Kim: Pretty young, yeah, probly...
me: Well, what number?
Kim: Oh, I don't believe in numbers.
me: Don't you have a math degree?
Kim: Yes, but math isn't about numbers. That's arithmetic.

You have a full chocolate mouth, and you're trying to steal my Peepster!

I'll let that stand for itself.

Bugs of the ocean

Kim was telling me about a dream she had:

Kim: Yeah, it was really scary. There were all these huge bugs. I think they came from when we saw the crabs on Iron Chef America last night. Because crabs are like the bugs of the ocean.
me: Bugs of the ocean?
Kim: Yeah, and they wouldn't die!

Worm time!

Walking on campus with Kim, I spotted a green inchworm, hanging by a long inchworm thread from a tree, blowing in the wind. This led us to a discussion on how Kim marks the seasons by the prevalence of certain insects.

me: Woah, look at that guy. It's like a worm kite!

Kim: Yeah, it's that time.

me: What time is that?

Kim: It's worm time!

me: Ha, worm time?

Kim: Yeah, what's funny about that?

me: Is that like, "lightning bug time"? (a reference to a previous, similar comment)

Kim: Oooh, yes, I like lightning bug time. That's in the summer.

Pewter

Kim: I need my pewter.

me: What?

Kim: My pewter. But I will just use my phone.

me: Where did I find you?

Kim: In Texas!

me: Do people in Texas say "pewter" instead of "computer"?

Kim: Yeah, all the smart ones do.

Bigger lights

When we are watching Criminal Minds, Kim often makes observations of things she would do if she were an FBI agent. These are especially humorous, since she is terrified of spiders. During a recent episode, we observed that the tiny flashlights the FBI agents had were not effective in lighting up the dark room they were exploring.

me: Can't they get bigger lights? Those things are pretty little.

Kim: Yeah. If I were an FBI agent, I would get bigger lights.

me: If you were an FBI agent, you would get a giant bullet-proof ball, and roll around in it like a hamster.

Kim: Haha, yeah. And it would have bigger lights on it.

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While reading this blog post:

Kim: Whaddaya mean, because I'm afraid of spiders?

me: Well, I'm just saying you wouldn't make a very good FBI agent.

Kim: That's not clear at all, I think most people are afraid of spiders.