For context, read "Can you translate that?"
Youngest Child: Mama, why did that crazy looking man shoot his lawnmower?
Me: Well, Youngest, it very well could be because he's an over-drinking person. And that turned him into a bad-healthy-in-the-brain person. At least he seems to have been one on the day he shot the lawnmower.
Other Child: How can you say that? He belongs to my pantheon of mid-western heroes!
Me: You know, Other, I think it's high time school started again. While it's commendable that you used the word "pantheon" in a sentence, I think your poor choice of heroes is either a result of not fully understanding the word "hero", or because you haven't learned enough about people actually worthy of that description.
Other Child: So you mean you don't want me to be like him when I grow up?
Me: No.
Other Child: Then maybe I shouldn't tell you about what I did this afternoon when the lawnmower was acting up...
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