Republican presidential candidates would despair over Dutch.

Dutch is playing a quiet game this rainy* afternoon (Skipper is napping, so the household is in a pleasant state of calm) with a lot of beads. Apparently, some beads are getting married, and she's arranging them into groups and holding a wedding ceremony, etc. She showed me Mr. Brown and Mrs. Brown... and Mr. Brown. I asked if the second Mr. Brown was the brother of the first Mr. Brown, and she explained that the three Browns are married to each other. I said "That's not legal in most countries," and she said "Well, it's legal in Bead Country." and then she thought about it for a minute and said "Everything is legal in Bead Country, except hurting and killing beads."



*Fall has arrived. It's going to rain for six months now.