Sunday, May 6, 2012

Fit for Command at Bastogne

For some reason, Nicholas has a new catchphrase:

"Aw, nuts!"

He's used it repeatedly in the past week, and always with pitch-perfect timing. Wind knock the ball off the tee? "Aw, nuts!" Find out you can't play anymore because it's bedtime? "Aw, nuts!"

The funniest part for me (because I watched too many World War II movies when I was a kid) is that I immediately thought of the Battle of the Bulge. Stick with me here if you don't know the reference. During the battle, the Germans had an American division surrounded in the town of Bastogne. The Germans demanded that the American commander, General McAuliffe, surrender. His response?

"Aw, nuts!"

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