Last night at dinner, the boy used the old “eeny-meeny” rhyme to make a decision. On a personal curiosity note, I wonder how long before he realizes that it always results in the alternate choice from the start object.
Now back to dinner- the lass liked this rhyme so much that she started chanting it as well. Of course, being completely new to her, she botched it. The boy corrected her and she tried again. This pattern repeated a number of times until she was able to properly recite the whole thing.
I looked at the wife afterwards and said “So that’s the stage of development we’ve reached, the eeny-meeny stage.” She laughed- she was thinking the same thing.