Boy Quotes
Shazam!!–“The first thing I’m gonna do when I’m rich . . . is let the money change me.”
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Hiccup–while playing games with his brothers and dad–“Is your brain made of lightly-buttered popcorn?”
Shazam!!–to whom this original insult was addressed–“Who lightly butters their popcorn???”
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Ragnar–also while playing games–“Go, Brennan!”–or, as you know him, Shazam!!
Shazam!!–“It’s not my fault!”
Ragnar–“Well, you should have been a problem sooner.”
Apparently, Shazam!!’s problematic ways would have aided Ragnar’s game in some way.
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Me– talking to the boys–“While I was doing my Bible study this morning, Nessie threw up an elephant onto the floor.”
It was a small toy elephant, that used to squeak.
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Me, talking to Shazam!!–“Why did you almost step on Evie (Grandma Judy’s little dog)?”
Shazam!!–“I very intentionally did not step on her.”
Me–“Then why did you scrape your toe over her head?”
Shazam!!–“Because I didn’t see her, but then . . . sensing my surroundings with my toes, like a cat’s whiskers, I avoided her!”
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Hiccup–“Brennan, GoGurts are the spice of life!” Please recall that “Brennan” is Shazam!!’s other name.
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Shazam!!–Talking to a friend on his computer–“All I’ve eaten today is three pieces of pie.”
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Hiccup–Questions Shazam!!’s language skills.
Shazam!!–“I speak high-level English for gingers 301!”
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Shazam!–“What’s that?”
Me–“A bouquet I picked for my mom.”
Shazam!–Looks closer, grabs one of the flowers our of my bouquet, and presents it to me. “Happy Mother’s Day!”
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Scruffy–“Let’s work on the fence (he and Shazam! were building me a fence for Nessie) for Mother’s Day.”
It is pouring rain outside.
Me–Looks outside–“I think you should work on the fence right now!”
Shazam!–“It’s Mother’s Day, not Empress’s Day!”
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Shazam!–“Mom! Nessie’s eating cactus dirt!”
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Hiccup–“The apple pie doesn’t want to be an apple pie. It wants to be a weird lasagna.”
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Shazam! deciding if he should open his birthday presents early while his brothers are home or wait until his birthday.
Shazam!–“I should open them all now, so people can see me gloat!”
Me–“What’s more important, opening something on your actual birthday or gloating?”
Shazam!–“Gloating!”
Shazam!–“It’s such a weird word. Sounds like a sound a frog would make.”
Ragnar–“You’re a sound a frog would make.”
Shazam!–“You’re a sound a giraffe would make!”
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Shazam!!–Scanning car ads–“Should I buy this hearse?” He then gasps and looks closer at the 1927 hearse in question. “Casket included! Who cares about college money!!!”
