And I Thought the Kids Never Listened

Posted By on February 16, 2009

Hypertot was playing “When Irish Eyes Are Smiling” on the auto play function on our keyboard, and I was telling him the name of the song. I realized he didn’t know what Irish meant, so I set about explaining it to him. “You are part Irish,” I said.  I went on to explain about having ancestors from Ireland, and how they talked. “They talked like this,” I said in a brogue. “With an Irish accent.”

Not a moment wasted, he turned to me and replied, an earnest look on his face, “A bad one?”

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