not yet cynical

The Scene: This morning. I am in the tiny bathroom, putting in my contacts. Dutch is standing in the hall, nattering about something while I ignore her. Cook, who has a job interview scheduled, comes out of our bedroom wearing a Superman t-shirt.

Cook: If the interview starts going down the tubes, I'll just fly out the window and fly around the world a bunch of times to reverse the direction of time, so I can start all over again.

Me: Great plan.

Dutch (condescendingly): Daaaaaa-deee, you can't fly.

Cook: Why not?

Dutch: Because you don't have a cape!

Cook: Well, it's under the bed.

(Pause)

Dutch (intrigued): Daddy, can I see your cape?