So how do we explain the October 14'th Holiday to our kids?

[justoffal]

Hey honey I'm taking the kids to see the Indigenous people's day parade be back for supper! Will there also be a gay contingent?

S..Daddy what does this holiday commemorate?

D....Well son it commemorates the day that a certain unnamed explorer developed a navigation route from Europe to the Americas.

S...Was he an indigenous explorer?

D...Ahem....ahhhh...ummmm...well no not exactly.

S.....Daddy, mommy says if I have indigenous I can take some Rolaids to fix it!

D...oh...no Son that's indigestion...it's a totally different thing!

Jo

 

[rightwinger]

Call it Columbus Day and take him shopping

 

[Pogo]

Call it Columbus Day and take him shopping

Call it Columbus Day and take him to Columbus Ohio. That'll scar him for life.

 

[Pogo]

Hey honey I'm taking the kids to see the Indigenous people's day parade be back for supper! Will there also be a gay contingent?

S..Daddy what does this holiday commemorate?

D....Well son it commemorates the day that a certain unnamed explorer developed a navigation route from Europe to the Americas.

S...Was he an indigenous explorer?

D...Ahem....ahhhh...ummmm...well no not exactly.

S.....Daddy, mommy says if I have indigenous I can take some Rolaids to fix it!

D...oh...no Son that's indigestion...it's a totally different thing!

Jo

Be sure to tell the kid how Columbus captured peaceful natives and forced them to go look for gold in a place that didn't have any and when they came back emptyhanded, cut off their hands. And how ("how", get it?) he sent some back to Europe as "specimens". And as a nice twist tell him how CC was working for a country that had just kicked out the Jews.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Call it Columbus Day and take him shopping

Call it Columbus Day and take him to Columbus Ohio. That'll scar him for life.

worse than Cleveland?....

 

[Pogo]

Call it Columbus Day and take him shopping

Call it Columbus Day and take him to Columbus Ohio. That'll scar him for life.

worse than Cleveland?....

Oh yes. Much worse.

Besides, Grover Cleveland didn't cut off anybody's hands.

 

[Harry Dresden]

Call it Columbus Day and take him shopping

Call it Columbus Day and take him to Columbus Ohio. That'll scar him for life.

worse than Cleveland?....

Oh yes. Much worse.

Besides, Grover Cleveland didn't cut off anybody's hands.

how did Grover get into this conversation?...he had nothing to do with the city...

 

[Pogo]

Call it Columbus Day and take him shopping

Call it Columbus Day and take him to Columbus Ohio. That'll scar him for life.

worse than Cleveland?....

Oh yes. Much worse.

Besides, Grover Cleveland didn't cut off anybody's hands.

how did Grover get into this conversation?...he had nothing to do with the city...

joke
/jōk/
noun

1. 1.
   a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.
   "she was in a mood to tell jokes"
   synonyms: funny story, jest, witticism, quip, pleasantry
   • 
     
   • 
     
     

verb

1. 1.
   make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.
   "she could laugh and joke with her colleagues"
   synonyms: tell jokes, crack jokes

 

[Harry Dresden]

Call it Columbus Day and take him shopping

Call it Columbus Day and take him to Columbus Ohio. That'll scar him for life.

worse than Cleveland?....

Oh yes. Much worse.

Besides, Grover Cleveland didn't cut off anybody's hands.

how did Grover get into this conversation?...he had nothing to do with the city...

joke
/jōk/
noun

1. 1.
   a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.
   "she was in a mood to tell jokes"
   synonyms: funny story, jest, witticism, quip, pleasantry
   • 
     
   • 
     

verb

1. 1.
   make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.
   "she could laugh and joke with her colleagues"
   synonyms: tell jokes, crack jokes

i am betting you thought the city was named after Grover, didnt you?.....

 

[Pogo]

Call it Columbus Day and take him to Columbus Ohio. That'll scar him for life.

worse than Cleveland?....

Oh yes. Much worse.

Besides, Grover Cleveland didn't cut off anybody's hands.

how did Grover get into this conversation?...he had nothing to do with the city...

joke
/jōk/
noun

1. 1.
   a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.
   "she was in a mood to tell jokes"
   synonyms: funny story, jest, witticism, quip, pleasantry

verb

1. 1.
   make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.
   "she could laugh and joke with her colleagues"
   synonyms: tell jokes, crack jokes

i am betting you thought the city was named after Grover, didnt you?.....

Cleveland Ohio was named after the great Phillies pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander.

↑↑↑↑↑ JOKE ↑↑↑↑↑

​

Whew. Tough crowd.

 

[Harry Dresden]

worse than Cleveland?....

Oh yes. Much worse.

Besides, Grover Cleveland didn't cut off anybody's hands.

how did Grover get into this conversation?...he had nothing to do with the city...

joke
/jōk/
noun

1. 1.
   a thing that someone says to cause amusement or laughter, especially a story with a funny punchline.
   "she was in a mood to tell jokes"
   synonyms: funny story, jest, witticism, quip, pleasantry

verb

1. 1.
   make jokes; talk humorously or flippantly.
   "she could laugh and joke with her colleagues"
   synonyms: tell jokes, crack jokes

i am betting you thought the city was named after Grover, didnt you?.....

Cleveland Ohio was named after the great Phillies pitcher Grover Cleveland Alexander.

↑↑↑↑↑ JOKE ↑↑↑↑↑

​

Whew. Tough crowd.

i thought it was Chief Cleveland of the Hakowi Tribe.....i could be wrong...