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One of the bucolic little towns I drive through in my very roundabout commute every day has a nativity scene out on their town common. The figures in the shed (yes, it's in a shed) are all two-dimensional wooden cutouts, approx. 4-5' tall, and either painted or printed. My guess is that the town has owned these for quite a while because they are all somewhat faded. Oh, and there's a green cow.

I don't know why the cow is green, except to guess that it was originally some other color and has just faded to this sort of minty toothpaste green color. I'm reasonably certain that there's no green cow in the bible, but then I can't say as how I've ever paid a lot of attention to the specifics of the whole Christ Cult thing. Anyhow, I'll try to get a pic of it sometime in the next day or so. I find it strangely fascinating.

Anyhow, I've pointed out the green cow to my 12-year-old just enough times to really irritate the crap out of her. Yesterday evening this led to one of those lengthy and digressive mother-daughter conversations wherein it became apparent that my child is even less up on the specifics of Christianity than I. )
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Daughter: blah blah pokemon blah blah [me not really listening here] blah blah Zigzagoon the Raccoon pokemon blah blah--
Me: Wha? Zigzagoon? Really?
Daughter: Zigzagoon. The Raccoon pokemon.
Me: Zigzagoon the Raccoon. That's a real pokemon?
Daughter: Yes.
Me: Hey, if he was inflatable, would he be Zigzagoon the Balloon Raccoon? And if he was kind of stupid would he be Zigzagoon the Buffoon Balloon Raccoon?
Daughter: No.
Me: And if he was eating breakfast he'd be Zigzagoon the Buffoon Balloon Raccoon with a Spoon!
Daughter: [more emphatically] No.
Me: If he was eating breakfast at lunchtime he'd be Zigzagoon the Buffoon Balloon Raccoon with a Noon Spoon. And if he used that spoon to beat up and menace people he'd be Zigzagoon the Buffoon Balloon Raccoon with a Noon Goon Spoon.
Daughter: Stop.
Me: And if he was a funny dark red he'd be Zigzagoon the Maroon Buffoon Balloon Raccoon with a Noon Goon Spoon!
Daughter: Stop!
Me: And if he was eating puff pastry thingies he'd be Zigzagoon the Maroon Buffoon Balloon Raccoon with a Noon Goon Macaroon Spoon!
Daughter: Shut up! Shut! Up!
Me: And if he was singing Frank Sinatra songs he'd be Zigzagoon the Crooning Maroon Buffoon Balloon Raccoon with a Noon Goon Macaroon Spoon.
Daughter: Aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! [actually runs away]

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