Abbott and Costello Moments

I don't know how many of you remember Abbott and Costello. They were before my time, but I saw re-runs all the time when I was a child and they amused me (so did The Three Stooges and The Little Rascals). There's a famous skit between those two comedians called, "Who's on First?" Today, my son and I unwittingly had a tribute to this talented duo. It began with Jared asking me a simple yet complex question: "Mommy, is today tomorrow?" Blinking, I stared at him and replied, "Er, no, today is today. Tomorrow is tomorrow." Frowning, he responded, "But yesterday Grammy said that tomorrow would be today!" I held my head to keep it from exploding, then retorted, "Yes, on Thursday night Grammy said that when you went to bed, the next day was tomorrow and that day was Friday. But now it's Friday, and now is today." A gleam in his eye--one of those gleams that lets me know either he's proud of his thoughts or he's proud to frustrate his mother--twinkles and then he chortles, "But Friday was tomorrow, so if it's Friday, it's tomorrow! Today is tomorrow!" Sighing, clutching my head more, I groaned, "Well, if you want to be profound about it, Jared, all todays were once tomorrows, and so every day is today and tomorrow." And then, nodding like the little philosopher he is, he looked up at me solemnly and said, "Yes. See? Today is tomorrow. I told you! And tomorrow will be today too." KAPOW! And then I cleaned up the mess that was my brain exploding on the walls as he scampered off to play.