Hooverlove takes many forms. Sometimes, it means standing up for a little boy when his daddy is trying to make an implausible argument.
Jonah is a HUGE Thomas the Tank Engine fan. After all, who isn't? Thomas' morality is so straightforward: Don't get too big for your buffers and don't blow off steam. And always, always, always be a good friend. Hmmmm. Sounds a lot like Hooverlove, doesn't it?
Anyway, like most 2 and 3 year olds, Jonah loves buying little toy versions of Thomas and his friends. It's those 40 year olds who buy them, and leave them in the original packaging for resale on E-bay, that you have to worry about. For guys Jonah's age, it's all very normal.
Jonah wanted to buy Spencer. He's a strikingly handsome silver engine, with a coal tender. He's long and fast. In fact, that was the problem. Jonah's daddy thought Spencer was too long, because, in his assessment, employing his keen spatial and relational sense, Spencer could never navigate the turns on Jonah's wooden railway. Jonah thought Spencer wasn't too long. It was a deadlock. How can you resolve this type of conflict?
Well, we decided to ask a college student. Because, after all, college students are smart. So Jonah and his daddy went upstairs to see Hoover resident Christina Black. They showed Christina a picture of Spencer, and asked her to weigh in. Christina's answer was the purest example of wisdom and judiciousness. She said: "Spencer looks long, but not too long." So Jonah got his engine. And you know what? Christina was right.
Jonah is a HUGE Thomas the Tank Engine fan. After all, who isn't? Thomas' morality is so straightforward: Don't get too big for your buffers and don't blow off steam. And always, always, always be a good friend. Hmmmm. Sounds a lot like Hooverlove, doesn't it?
Anyway, like most 2 and 3 year olds, Jonah loves buying little toy versions of Thomas and his friends. It's those 40 year olds who buy them, and leave them in the original packaging for resale on E-bay, that you have to worry about. For guys Jonah's age, it's all very normal.
Jonah wanted to buy Spencer. He's a strikingly handsome silver engine, with a coal tender. He's long and fast. In fact, that was the problem. Jonah's daddy thought Spencer was too long, because, in his assessment, employing his keen spatial and relational sense, Spencer could never navigate the turns on Jonah's wooden railway. Jonah thought Spencer wasn't too long. It was a deadlock. How can you resolve this type of conflict?
Well, we decided to ask a college student. Because, after all, college students are smart. So Jonah and his daddy went upstairs to see Hoover resident Christina Black. They showed Christina a picture of Spencer, and asked her to weigh in. Christina's answer was the purest example of wisdom and judiciousness. She said: "Spencer looks long, but not too long." So Jonah got his engine. And you know what? Christina was right.
2 comments:
I LOVED Thomas the Tank Engine when I was little! I had a super-nintendo game that taught spelling and counting and such with Thomas when I was in the early years of elementary school. This post was an enjoyable trip down memory lane! I can't wait to meet Thomas's biggest fan!(and his little sister):)
Jonah isn't just a fan, he is a committed first responder. When he learned that his friend William had lost or misplaced one of his Thomas engines (Arthur, a second-tier character Jonah loves), Jonah said: "We need to go to William's to help him find Arthur."
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