Comments on: Attach Imagination to Mouth. Turn Ignition. GO.

By: John

John — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:47:35 +0000

Eileen: Would it make you feel better to know the little girl’s French is so good because… she herself IS French? That said, your le sigh compresses centuries of Gallic resignation into a split-second. Nicely done. :)

Jules: When I saw the longer “the hippo was allergic to magic” video over at your place, I thought of the mini-Star Wars video right away. Classic indeed.

marta: Glad to see you got the most important information of all out of them. Just goes to show you: imagination’s good for not just its entertainment value, but also its practical advice!

All: After posting this entry, I clicked through to the Vimeo site where the second video is hosted. That specific page at Vimeo is the province of one Capucha, who identifies herself elsewhere as “the very lucky mother of Capucine (4) and Aliocha (11).” Many other videos of both girls there, but also this quote from Capucine: “There are thousands and thousands of stars in the sky, but we don’t have enough fingers to count them.”

And that right there is the opening sentence of some future classic of children’s lit.

By: marta

marta — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 03:11:47 +0000

Stunning. Lessons–don’t talk back to Darth Vader and remember when you’re dead in heaven it is too late.

ha! I am so glad you shared that. Hurray for imagination.

By: Jules

Jules — Thu, 20 Nov 2008 01:46:45 +0000

I love that Star Wars one, too. So classic.

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By: Eileen Wiedbrauk

Eileen Wiedbrauk — Wed, 19 Nov 2008 17:33:05 +0000

That. Was. Amazing. And yet somewhat sad b/c that little girl’s French was better than mine after five years of classes. Le sigh.