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Thanks to . @garethhinds, this morning conversation went
Daughter: why did the Achaeans attack Troy?
Me: To get Helen back
Son: That's a silly reason for a war
Daughter: why did the Achaeans attack Troy?
Me: To get Helen back
Son: That's a silly reason for a war
They followed with:
Son: I wish the gods were real
Daughter: they are if you believe in them
Son: that doesn't make sense
Daughter: they are real to you, just like life
[I slink into another room in existential crisis]
Son: I wish the gods were real
Daughter: they are if you believe in them
Son: that doesn't make sense
Daughter: they are real to you, just like life
[I slink into another room in existential crisis]
[I reenter room]
Son: I don't believe in heaven or hell.
Daughter: so what happens when you die
Son: you're just gone
Daughter: well, even if there was something else, we wouldn't be able to know about it without our brains
[Leaving room again]
Son: I don't believe in heaven or hell.
Daughter: so what happens when you die
Son: you're just gone
Daughter: well, even if there was something else, we wouldn't be able to know about it without our brains
[Leaving room again]
[back to the Iliad]
Daughter: do the Greeks get Helen back?
Me: yes, she's at home in the Odyssey
Daughter: But the Iliad ends with the burial of Hektor. Where are the other books?
Me: Well, um, we don’t have them..
Daughter: you mean @garethhinds hasn't finished them yet?
Daughter: do the Greeks get Helen back?
Me: yes, she's at home in the Odyssey
Daughter: But the Iliad ends with the burial of Hektor. Where are the other books?
Me: Well, um, we don’t have them..
Daughter: you mean @garethhinds hasn't finished them yet?
