CloudEight Comedy Club

Deanna bravely takes the stage at CloudEight Comedy Club and finds it as punishing as I do:

"Deanna: Two monkeys named Pete and Repeat are sitting in a tree. Pete falls out. Who's left?
Cooper: There's one left.
Hayden: Yeah, one.
Deanna: No, Pete and Repeat are monkeys sitting in a tree. Pete falls out....
Owen: No, they are in a boat. Pete falls into the water.
Deanna: What would monkeys be doing in a boat? They are in a tree.
Hayden: One guy falls into the water. Splash.
Cooper: One guy falls out of the tree and hurts himself on the ground?
Owen: Mom, they don't even know what repeat means anyway."

Undaunted, she tries again later, but finds literalism a tough hurdle:

"Deanna: Knock, knock.
Owen: Who's there?
Deanna: Turnip.
Owen: Turnip who?
Deanna: Turnip the TV.
Owen: But the TV isn't even on."

Owen isn't the only literalist in the house. One day, Cooper and I are examining a map of Africa:

"Cooper: Dad, what country is that?
RedPlanet: That's Madagascar.
Cooper: Is that where gas cars come from?"