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So, we’re at the table, and we have this exchange, me and my 3 year old daughter Sam.

Sam [singing]: There’s something in my belly button, and I have to keep it there…

Me: Sam, did you just put cake in your belly button?

Sam: Yep.

Me: Why did you put cake in your belly button?

Sam: I have to keep it there for 20 years, so it will be nice and fresh.

Me [laughing as I fall off of my chair]: Sweetie, I don’t think it works that way, and that’s not your ‘cake hole’.

Sam: Yes, it is.

[A short time later]

Me: Did you get all the cake out of your belly button?

Sam: Yeah dad.

Me [picking her up and putting her on my lap]: Why did you put the cake in your belly button?

Sam: To make it into a shape, like this [showing her fingertip].

Me: Why did you have to make it into a shappe like that?

Sam: Because I like to eat it when it’s a shape like that.

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  1. Hmmm…I would suggest the theory that this line of rational thinking may have a hereditary element to it. Probably most prevalent along the patriarchal line.
    — Babba    M j, g:ia    #
  2. Oooh… so is that what people mean when they always tell me to “Shut your cakehole”? That’s so bizarre… I didn’t know my belly button had such a purpose. And wow, to keep things fresh for 20 years, that’s really impressive. I wonder if tupperware knows about this secret belly button freshness technology.
    — Heather    M j, g:ia    #