What follows is the contextualization and then the actual email conversation as it happened:
Mark posted a video of Harper climbing at the park. You can check it out on Mark's facebook page if you wish. She is saying stuff during the video as she climbs. Over lunch, Ali tells me that she watched the video but that she was wondering what Harper had been saying. Upon returning to my office after lunch, I check out the video again and do a little interpreting.
Email #1: From Me
Just watched the Harper slide video again. I'm pretty sure she is say "away" and at one point "Harper got away!" Also, when she gets to the bottom of the slide she says "slippery".
Email #2: Ali Response
"Harper got away!" is definitely my new favorite. Who was Harper running from?
Email #3: From Me
Who knows. I think they probably play chasing games at daycare. Also, ghosts.
Email #4: Ali again
Isn't there a movie about a kid that gets followed by ghosts? Ghostbusters, maybe?
Email #5: Me educating Ali on a topic where her knowledge is clearly lacking
Uh, you're thinking of the Sixth Sense. You know... "I see dead people." In Ghostbusters is four grown men. And they follow the ghosts, not the other way around. Sheesh.
Email #6: Ali, trying desperately to regain ground
Yeah yeah yeah, but I think in the second Ghostbusters, one of the Ghostbusters has a kid, and that kid attracts ghosts or something. I dunno, it's been, like, fifteen years since I've seen the second one.
Email #7: Me, in wise-teacher mode
Sigh. Ok. Here is your Ghostbuster 2 education. There is a baby named Oscar. He does not attract ghosts. The evil dude Vigo who lives in a scary painting sends ghosts (and Peter MacNicol) after him so that Vigo can be reborn into Oscar's body. The Ghostbuster's save him by using positively charged (by music) pink slime to animate the Statue of Liberty. They pop Vigo back into the painting and douse Peter MacNicol with happy to snap him out of Vigo's possession. They also have to slime Ray, who was also briefly possessed by Vigo. Ray (Dan Aykroyd) and Peter MacNicol express friendly love for each other and everyone lives happily ever after.
Email #8: Ali, clearly knowing that she has been outclassed
WHATEVER
Email #9: Me
Ha ha ha. I totally just blogged this.
And I did.
WHAT.
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