Grandboy (eating leftover Halloween candy): Hey grandpa this grape sucker tastes weird. Like Play-Doh!

Me: Like Plato? I never knew you tasted Plato the Philosopher.

Grandboy: Grandpa. I’m serious.

Me: Nice to meet you, Sirius the star.

Grandboy: Grandpa, sometimes…

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I follow the “History by non sequitur” approach