The mouthes of babes

We were reading the newspaper over supper tonight -- not something we normally do, but dinner was extremely informal, what with me sick and hovering close but not too close to the table. So Janet and I started talking about things we read, and Aidan had some great comments about the stories:

Georg: "So, it says that [former Enron CFO] Andrew Fastow's wife has already had to serve a year in jail for tax fraud, just because her husband lied to her about where all the money came from."
Aidan: "So, she went to jail, because he lied to her?"
Janet: "Yes. It's not really fair, but that can happen sometimes. She went to jail because her husband was so greedy."
Aidan [Channelling the spirit of Dr. Laura.]: "Why did she marry such a bad person?"

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Janet: "Ali Farka Toure died."
Georg: "Who?"
Janet: "Ali Farka Toure."
Georg (smiling): "Who?"
Janet: "He was this African musician, he did some funky things, I heard him on Back Porch Music. I have a CD of his music."
Aidan: "Could I listen to it?"
Janet: "Sure. You'd probably like it."
Aidan (frowning): "But does it still work?"
Janet: "Sure."
Aidan: "I mean, it still plays, even though he's dead?"