# I think I've told him he was smart a time too many. **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [October 4, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662 "2012-10-04T04:26:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 14\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![prettydorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 4:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/1 "2012-10-04T04:26:30Z")
Babysitting my 7-yo nephew tonight. LittleDorky turns to him at the dinner table and says, “Hey cuz, you wanna hear the story of the Universe?” I manage to surreptitiously film it. I’ll transcribe it here for you: > [@](#): > > Once upon a time, there was a big star… the star exploded! Oh yeah, by the way, the star was bigger than no other. Hundreds of times bigger than a red giant. Millions. And billions of times hundred-uh-bigger. And it exploded, making hundreds of millions of stars and universes. And then. It only made one universe, except at least fifty times bigger than ours. Billions of- six billion times. And it exploded, making billions of galaxies. And those galaxies had dust that forged together in the explosion to make planets. > Eugh. Alright. Did you get the whole story? Why, do you think I’m super smart? The science is a little sketchy and his ‘storytelling skills’ need to be polished, but whatever. Obviously mom is the only one going to sit through this. The last line is for me, as the cousin had wandered off mid-stream, bored. I must have been grinning at him like a doofus. So as these words are leaving his lips (I replied, “Yes I do!”)- he resumes eating. His salad. With his fingers. :rolleyes: ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 4:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/2 "2012-10-04T04:48:39Z")
Brace yourself; Today it’s astronomy he’s expounding upon but soon enough it’ll be reproductive biology. ---
**Author:** ![prettydorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 5:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/3 "2012-10-04T05:02:01Z")
oh mercy. That’s a set of explosions and planet forging I am not ready to hear about from him! ---
**Author:** ![Rachellelogram](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rachellelogram/32/8689_2.png) [@Rachellelogram](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rachellelogram)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 8:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/4 "2012-10-04T08:22:57Z")
Put it on youtube. It will get a million hits. People love that shit! I would personally like to see it. Like that little girl explaining Star Wars to her dad, it’s adorable. ---
**Author:** ![prettydorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/5 "2012-10-04T09:07:49Z")
> [@Rachellelogram](#): > > Put it on youtube. It will get a million hits. People love that shit! I would personally like to see it. Like that little girl explaining Star Wars to her dad, it’s adorable. In fact I thought of that, but in the video he has horrible red eye the whole time. He looks possessed. If I could figure out how to edit red eye from the video, I might do. Will link to you if it ever happens. ---
**Author:** ![MichaelEmouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/michaelemouse/32/101_2.png) [@MichaelEmouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MichaelEmouse)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 9:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/6 "2012-10-04T09:09:03Z")
> [@prettydorky](#): > > He looks possessed. That’s a bad thing for a Youtube video? ---
**Author:** ![prettydorky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/f04885/32.png) [@prettydorky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/prettydorky)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 9:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/7 "2012-10-04T09:38:57Z")
> [@MichaelEmouse](#): > > That’s a bad thing for a Youtube video? Oh, well, when you put it that way. It might just be the thing to push it over the top. We’ll see. He also, at the very beginning of the video, says “Ahem. Stop recording me.” to which I blatantly lied that I wasn’t. So, I think I’ll ask him for his permission first! ---
**Author:** ![Lsura](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7993a0/32.png) [@Lsura](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lsura)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 10:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/8 "2012-10-04T10:56:03Z")
> [@prettydorky](#): > > he resumes eating. His salad. With his fingers. :rolleyes: I almost always eat salad with my fingers\* (well, if I’m at home and not out in public). I think it’s a sign of great intelligence. \*this is one of the reasons I almost never use dressing. The other is that I just think it’s generally icky. ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 1:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/9 "2012-10-04T13:39:35Z")
> [@](#): > > And then. It only made one universe, except at least fifty times bigger than ours. Billions of- six billion times. Kids are hilarious with numbers. Overheard a few years ago: “But dad! We won’t be able to eat for a million hours! Or EIGHTY hours!” ---
**Author:** ![tdn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/94ad74/32.png) [@tdn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tdn)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 1:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/10 "2012-10-04T13:41:08Z")
> [@Lsura](#): > > this is one of the reasons I almost never use dressing. Wait… so you eat salad with your fingers… Naked? ---
**Author:** ![Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/4491bb/32.png) [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ambihelical_Hexnut)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 8:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/11 "2012-10-04T20:16:08Z")
The usual way to eat salad is with a knife and fork? Guess I’ve just never noticed how other people eat salad - I always use my fingers. ---
**Author:** ![Vita\_Beata](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/a9a28c/32.png) [@Vita\_Beata](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Vita_Beata)\ **Post date:** [October 4, 2012, 9:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/12 "2012-10-04T21:04:11Z")
So cute! Save his story to print out and put inside his high school graduation card. ---
**Author:** ![TokyoBayer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tokyobayer/32/13989_2.png) [@TokyoBayer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TokyoBayer)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 12:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/13 "2012-10-05T00:57:40Z")
> [@prettydorky](#): > > Oh, well, when you put it that way. It might just be the thing to push it over the top. We’ll see. He also, at the very beginning of the video, says “Ahem. Stop recording me.” to which I blatantly lied that I wasn’t. So, I think I’ll ask him for his permission first! No, leave that in, it will help increase the hits. ---
**Author:** ![Leaffan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/leaffan/32/299_2.png) [@Leaffan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Leaffan)\ **Post date:** [October 5, 2012, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/i-think-ive-told-him-he-was-smart-a-time-too-many/636662/14 "2012-10-05T01:03:14Z")
> [@Ambihelical\_Hexnut](#): > > The usual way to eat salad is with a knife and fork? Guess I’ve just never noticed how other people eat salad - I always use my fingers. What? 😕