Bad hair day or not, those cheeks look mighty tasty.

I can't remember how the conversation got started but at dinner I found myself telling the kids about a book I just re-read, The Good Earth.

"When there was a famine some of the families began eating each other. They started with the youngest children first." Don't you think cannibalism makes good dinner conversation?

My ten year old son (our oldest) said, "Oh, poor Persistence and Lovely!" Meaning of course that they would be eaten first since they were the youngest. So I had to reply, "Except in our case we would eat the oldest child first since he costs the most to feed."

"Oh, poor Daddy!" he replied.