Theo is currently undergoing a preschool assessment through the school district. This consists of a battery of tests, one of which is a series of intelligence tests. Today was his first testing day, and he started it out rather amusingly. He was sitting on the floor playing with some tools when the school psychologist (Allyson) came out and squatted down next to him.
Allyson: Oooh, do you have some tools there? What do you have?
Theo (holding up a pair of pliers): These are like tweezers.
Allyson: Yes, they kind of look like tweezers, but it's a wrench.
Theo (very bluntly and matter-of-factly): Actually, they're pliers.
Everyone in the room burst out laughing because indeed they were pliers, and the tone in his voice clearly said, "Come on, lady--don't you know pliers when you see them?" Later, Allyson tried to take him in the testing room, and she couldn't get the door open.
Allyson: Uh oh, the door is stuck!
Theo: I think you need to get a key.
Allyson: No, I don't think it's locked--I think it's just stuck.
Theo: You need a key...
Guess what? They needed a key; it was locked. She stood corrected--and perhaps wondering whether the intelligence test is necessary. ;-)
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