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[xiphias]

One of the things I like about small children is watching them learn, experiment, and figure out the world.

With older babies, and younger toddlers, they sometimes look like someone playing a text adventure

>TAKE LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>DROP LION
Dropped.

>TAKE LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>DROP LION
Dropped.

>TAKE LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>TAKE EGG
You take the plush egg.

>I
You have:
A stuffed lion
A plush egg

>PUSH LION
Nothing happens.

>PULL LION
Nothing happens.

>PUSH LION
Nothing happens.

>USE LION WITH EGG
You can't use those two items together.

>USE EGG WITH LION
You can't use those two items together.

>USE LION WITH EGG
You can't use those two items together.

>DROP LION
Dropped.

>EAT EGG
You can't eat that!

>EAT LION
You don't have the lion.

>GET LION
You take the stuffed lion.

>EAT LION
You can't eat that!

Comments

[soberloki.livejournal.com]

OK, that made me laugh. WAY too true.

[madcaptenor.livejournal.com]

I don't see why you can't use lion with egg.

[jehanna.livejournal.com]

*SNARF*

[sev]

so true!

Very cute.

[theclamsman.livejournal.com]

>EAT EGG
You can't eat that!

Well, technically you can eat eggs. Just not plush ones, LOL.

*eyes the plush platypus eggs that Henry got yesterday* >_______>

[(Anonymous)]

Not to mention that they're always trying to use magic words such as xyzzy. Naturally though, nothing happens.

[gingicat]

Thank you for writing this up. :)

[chanaleh.livejournal.com]

awesome! I think this will become my new favorite child-development paradigm.

[bikergeek.livejournal.com]

> GET LION
You are not in Kenya. I see no lion here.

[wildcard9.livejournal.com]

I like this revealation. It suddenly puts their actions into a whole new light. So maybe it is not the boogeyman they are afraid of at night, it is the grue hiding out in the darkness.

[browngirl.livejournal.com]

This is hilariously spot on. *giggles*

[mswae.livejournal.com]

This is completely my son. Nailed it :)

[ailbhe]

*wheezing with laughter*

You are SO RIGHT.

ROFLMAO

[wargoddess.livejournal.com]

K, you are such a dork! And no, I do not get to be a dork just for getting your reference.

>^,^<
.

[blairette.livejournal.com]

AHAHAHAHAHAHA so true, so true!
You officially Win at LJ. Posts like this are the reason I love tis place.

[teddywolf.livejournal.com]

Sounds like my girlchik :) And thank you again for watching her.

[wordweaverlynn.livejournal.com]

Brilliant.

[theodicy.livejournal.com]

>CLAP HANDS

You clap.

>CLAP HANDS

You clap.

>CLAP HANDS

You clap.

>CLAP HANDS

You clap.

>CLAP HANDS

You clap.

[cjsherwood.livejournal.com]

This is awesomeness for SO many reasons, not the least of which is to discover that other people know what Adventure is/was!

Thanks for posting. :-)

(BTW, I'm here because of wordweaverlynn)

[jd]

This is so great :D

[thealmondtree.livejournal.com]

Has had both me and the spousal unit laughing - our Mr Three is still in this phase sometimes.


(Until about three years ago when we gave in to a windoze computer, Adventure for PC and Frac were the only two computer games we had.)

Here via ailbhe

[eponymousarchon.livejournal.com]

Bwa-ha-ha!

(Applauds)

[hitchhiker.livejournal.com]

brilliant and spot-on :) (here via ailbhe)

[metaphortunate.livejournal.com]

Apparently I just had the same thought!>