MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agoWhat dumb line/joke may live in your head forever?message-squaremessage-square136fedilinkarrow-up195arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up193arrow-down1message-squareWhat dumb line/joke may live in your head forever?MyBrainHurts@piefed.ca to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square136fedilinkfile-text
minus-squareidiomaddict@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up18·8 days agoI love old man non sequiturs. My dad’s response to a toddler asking him why over and over again is “because I’m building a bicycle made of bananas,” which tends to produce a perfect koan moment and break the question cycle
minus-squarejaycifer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up6·7 days agoI feel enlightened having learned a new word, koan, today!
minus-squareInfinite@lemmy.ziplinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·8 days agoAnd the toddler was immediately enlightened.
I love old man non sequiturs. My dad’s response to a toddler asking him why over and over again is “because I’m building a bicycle made of bananas,” which tends to produce a perfect koan moment and break the question cycle
I feel enlightened having learned a new word, koan, today!
And the toddler was immediately enlightened.