Thursday 19 July 2012

Concerning Atoms

Bedtime conversations are becoming somewhat more challenging for Mummy & Daddy:

Ellen: What are atoms?
Mummy: The tiniest things in the universe. You can't see them. Everything is made of atoms.
Ellen: What? Even me?
Mummy: Yes.
Ellen: The Moon?
Mummy: Yes
Ellen: Even the UNIVERSE?
Mummy: Yes. Everything is made of atoms. Come on now, bedtime...
Ellen: (after a pause) What about "the"?
Mummy: Er. No. That's not made of atoms.
Ellen: What about a sentence?
Mummy: BEDTIME!!

We left before we got into the Higgs Boson...

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