{"id":6573,"date":"2011-08-14T09:52:35","date_gmt":"2011-08-14T14:52:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/?p=6573"},"modified":"2011-08-14T09:52:35","modified_gmt":"2011-08-14T14:52:35","slug":"why-are-you-drinking-my-root-beer","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/boydsnest.org\/news\/2011\/why-are-you-drinking-my-root-beer\/","title":{"rendered":"Why are you drinking my root beer?"},"content":{"rendered":"

_A dialogue with a five-year-old._<\/p>\n

“Daddy, why are you drinking my root beer?” <\/p>\n

\"\"<\/p>\n

“Because I don’t want you to have any.”<\/p>\n

“No, that’s not true! Why are you drinking my root beer?”<\/p>\n

“Because without root beer, I will die!”<\/p>\n

“Ha ha ha! Naw! Why are you drinking my root beer?”<\/p>\n

“Because on my planet, there is no water. All the rivers run with root beer to the great Root Beer Sea. It is root beer that we drink.”<\/p>\n

“No! You’re a human from Earth! Why are you drinking my root beer?”<\/p>\n

“Because I am a tree, and my roots need beer.”<\/p>\n

“Ha! Why are you drinking my root beer?”<\/p>\n

“Because I want it to dye my hair brown.”<\/p>\n

“But your hair is gray!”<\/p>\n

“Well, then. I guess it’s not working.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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