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Beb beb beb___Vrooom! Nee-eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeuum

Those are common sounds that usually involve a parent feeding their child. I've always looked at this practice as a way to encourage kids who are often upset, and who don't want to eat, to eat the darn food. Quit crying, open the mouth, the parents have worked hard to get you this food so you can now survive, so just chew and please stop complaining you dumb kids. I should mention that I was once one of these dumb kids. Anyways, the whole reason for writing this has absolutely nothing to do with kids, but has to do with the drive from Michigan to Illinois.

Jill and I got a frosty, at Wendy's of course. We're in some insane amount of debt, but found it okay to spend $1.90 on a medium frosty. We shared, we're being frugal. When we stopped to get this, Jill offered to drive, and I agreed. Well, Jill was the one that wanted the frosty, of course. Any man can tell you that he's not usually the one to say: “I need chocolate”, or “I need ice cream.” Let alone chocolate ice cream. No, women do that. And Jill did that. She wanted the frosty, but was driving. Which put us in a situation where the only way that she was going to get the frosty into her mouth was if I put it there. If I were driving, my guess is that I'd've steered with my knees as I always do, and would help myself. Jill is a safe driver, however. She holds the wheel at a steady 9 and 3.

So I was feeding Jill. Not only was I feeding her, I was trying to entertain her. Actually, I'm not sure if I was trying to entertain her, or myself. Whatever. Here's the deal, I was putting a spoon full of frosty into Jill's mouth over and over, and as it became monotonous, I found myself making airplane, motorboat, and choo choo sounds. So after doing this, I was left with a perplexing question, and a very important life question. When parents feed their children, and are forced to do the same monotonous hand motions, are they merely making noises to entertain themselves, is it all for the kids, or is it somewhere in between. Perhaps this is more important, and more complex than the tootsie pop question. Of course the answer was later to be determined as 3. So that's great! Hopefully a wise owl can help in this situation as well.