Thursday, May 10, 2007

Do you want to play "Navy Seal?"

These are the words I heard two 8ish-year-old boys utter on my way home from work. Now, I tried to imagine what this game might consist of. The first thing that sprang to my head, was that these kids were going to go grab their daddies' guns and start swinging them around like crazy. I figured that was a little extreme. So then I imagined that they each had a wet suit hanging in his respective closet. I really hoped I might come back down the street seeing the boys in full gear including snorkel and goggles. Then it occurred to me, what if these boys are referring to actual SEALS? LIKE THE ANIMALS? When they said "Navy seal," maybe they meant they were going to pretend to be one of the U.S. military's Marine Mammals used to fight terrorism! Such patriotic little boys.

P.S. I'm not going to Hong Kong. It looks like it might be Shanghai, Japan, or Korea. Wish me luck!