Zack was helping me make a batch of sugar cookies (bake sale tonight!) and he kept wanting to stir. I told him I’d stir it a little first, and then he could do it. He was pretty insistent, and repeatedly asked if he could do it now.
“Now?”
“Not yet.”
“Now?”
“Not yet.”
“Now?”
“Not yet.”
“Now?”
“Not yet.”
Finally I told him, “Zack, the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over, and expecting different results.”
He looked at me, undoubtably preparing his zippy retort, and then said, “Fine, I’m going to have a banana.”