Julian: "Mama, could you get me a slide whistle...sometime in the next nine months?"
Mama: "For playing in the Pep Band at the football games?"
Julian: "Yes. A slide whistle is an absolute must. It's a serious gap in my arsenal of wind instruments."
(All 17-year old Julian wants for Christmas this year is a Graphing Calculator):
Julian: "I want the 'ti84 plus ce graphing calculator'. The other model is so 1990s."
Mama: "It's not a fashion accessory."
Julian: "It is for me -- it's the closest I will get to a fashion accessory."
You don't know anything about Trigonometry, Mama? What are you going to do with your life?
