Let Them Eat

Marie Antoinette famously didn't say "let them eat cake" but the spirit of it is well understood. It is: "I'm wallowing in it. Screw you." In honor of NATIONAL REPUBLICAN DAY, which I've just invented, let's all indulge in this innocent and honest game, good for the whole family: to start with "let them eat" and fill it in with all kinds of crazy, fun stuff.

"Braggadocio," for example, or "foetid turds," as in "let them eat foetid turds!" Think of the vocabulary-building potential for the little ones. Dad can begin with "let them eat..." and then, looking out wryly on the brood bouncing up and down in nervous excitement, choose the lucky young'un. This is innocent, fun and instructive, all in one. Let it begin!