Thursday, April 8, 2010

Behind the Times

I realized yesterday that I am clearly not as au courant as I should be. I was babysitting Basha, as seven-year-old and Disney channel aficionado, and we were talking about Halloween. In response to my query, she said that she had been Shar Pei.

"Oh, so you had lots of wrinkles?" I inquired innocently.

Basha favored me with a long gaze of astonishment before demanding in disbelief, "Do you think I have wrinkles?"

Turns out when she said Shar Pei, she meant Sharpey, the mean girl from the High School musical movies. Clearly, a major difference.