E is missing

E is missing...

Little Man: Why do grades go A, B, C, D...F?

Me: I have no clue...

Little Man: What do they stand for?

Me: A stands for awesome...

Little Man: B stands for barely there...

Me: C stands for crummy...

Little Man: D stands for dummy...

Me: It’s not a Dr. Suess book, dude. 

Little Man: F stands for fail.

Me: Okay, sounds good.

Little Man: So then why?

Me: Why what?

Little Man: Why do they leave out the “E” grade?

Me: I don’t know.

Little Man: Aren’t you a teacher?

Me: Yep, but we don’t use the letter “E”...

Little Man: I know! Why don’t you?

Me: We don’t like it. It’s no fun writing the letter “E”...

Little Man: Hugh?

Me: What?

Little Man: MOM!! Seriously! Just tell me!

Me: I can’t, it’s top secret.  

Little Man: Really?

Me: No.

Little Man: Then tell me.

Me: I have no idea!

Little Man: Empty-headed?

Me: Exhausted.  Stop talking, you are hurting my ears.

Little Man: .... Can we play the quiet game?

Me: Why do you want to always play the quiet game when I tell you to stop talking?

Little Man: It makes it fun.

Me: Why does not talking need to be fun?

Little Man: Can we play?

Me: Fine. 

Little Man: GO!

18 seconds later...

Little Man: I bet they couldn’t think of anything bad that starts with an E, so they left it out.  D and F are bad...if F is fail, then E would need to be almost fail.  They couldn’t think of anything good that started with the letter E, so they just left it out.

Me: You lost.

Little Man: Lost what?

Me: The quiet game.  

Little Man: Oh yeah, let’s start again. Go.

21 seconds later...

Little Man: Mom, can I get a snack?

Me: OMG.  Can you be quiet?

Little Man: Can I eat first?

Me: I thought you wanted to play the game.  

Little Man: What game?

Me: Holy crap! You have the attention span of a goldfish.  

Little Man: So is that a yes?

Me: Go away.