From an Actual Conversation with My Family
Brother: In Oregon we had 30mph winds. It was 30 degrees out, but it felt a lot colder.
Mom: That’s not very many.
Me: Many degrees?
Mom: Yeah.
(pause)
Mom: That’s cause they don’t have many graduates.
(laughs)
Bro: What?
Mom: Cause they need more degrees. It’s cause their school’s too small!
(it’s pretty common for us to bring up our school sizes for comparison/competition)
Bro: I heard “driveways” the first time. But that’d be a different kind of “degrees”.
Me: Oh, like slope?
Bro: Yeah, so that’d be a different pun. That’s why I asked.
Mom: That’s also why there aren’t as many schools near the equator.
Dad: Cause there are too many degrees?
Mom: Exactly!
Bro: So what about the poles, then?
Mom: There are no people at the poles, so it doesn’t matter! Penguins, maybe.
(pause)
Me: Don’t be silly, Mom. Fish have schools, not penguins!
I love being at home. You can see where I get it from.