Which comes first, matters.

How often have you heard the phrase "It's a chicken and egg thing". Sure. It's probably a question of which comes first and not being able to identify which is which, it's easy enough to term it the chicken and egg problem. Unfortunately, not everything can so conveniently be put away.

• Which comes first - thunder or lightning? Have you ever wondered what happens to a person who gets struck by lightning? Since light travels faster than sound, he'll probably get struck by lightning before he hears (or maybe he won't) the clap of the thunder. Kinda funny to think of the way we use language. It almost seems as if the thunder claps for the lightning strikes! Morbid?

• We told the kids that there once used to be a very cruel Tsar called Ivan the Terrible. He was so cruel that the people gave him the title Ivan the Terrible. Then we followed it with a question.

Q: Why do you think Ivan the Terrible was called Ivan the Terrible?

A: Because every time someone called him "Terrible" he would have his guards deal with them.

Don't kids say just the darnest things?