“The Mad Scientist”
January 12, 2009
I always say my son is the most fascinating person I’ve ever personally known. He keeps life so interesting for me. He decided today that he wants to be a neurosurgeon who does brain transplantation. He said when people are “almost dead” he would remove their brain (wearing gloves of course so he doesn’t have to wash his hands!), store them somewhere safe (because you wouldn’t want them to get squished!), and then transplant them in other people’s brains. I said “would you do that when someone’s brain was injured or damaged”?. He said “No, I would do it if a boy wanted to play with princesses and a girl wanted to play with electronics, then I would give the boy the girls brain and the girl the boys brain”. My son is also a huge jokester. So I never know how much of what he is saying is to be playing a trick on me or if he’s being serious. I think it’s usually a little of both. He had such a big smile on his face as he was telling me this story. Had my daughter heard this, she would be in tears. The idea of someone “almost dead” and having their brain removed brings her to tears. But my son thinks it’s the most “matter-of-fact” thing and doesn’t bother him at all. Yet, there are some things that affect him so deeply emotionally. I haven’t quite figured this out with him. Keeps it interesting!
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