Idiom (kidstuff)

[beetiger]

So, since it's Veteran's Day, projectmothra is home, and we decided to work through a "science" kit he was given for his birthday. He was doing an experiment with "invisible ink", during which you paint with baking soda solution on treated paper.

After playing for a bit, he came up to me and said "Did my eyes turn red?" I said "I hope not, did you get the chemicals in them?" He said "No. How long till they turn red?", and pointed at the kit instructions.

"Your writing will turn red before your eyes."

Comments

[tracerj.livejournal.com]

This is the sort of bizarre construction I love pointing out to people, sort of like a more insidious pun. After all, it exposes the strangeness of our idioms and language, but before all, it's simply another interpretation of a valid sentence!

[pretendpeterpan.livejournal.com]

That is incredibly precious.