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onto the floor and says:

"Miss, every piece of dirt

my vacuum cleaner won't get rid of

I'll eat with a spoon."

"Then you'd better get a spoon,

we don't have electricity here, yet!"

Does he have to eat dirt now?

Daddy's funny.

The author uses the classic

juxtaposition of urban technology

and rural tradition.

A fantastic joke that plays with the

archaic dualism of interior and exterior.

Where does the I end?

Where does the You begin?

That's genius.

That's humor of the highest order!

Enough laughter for today.

Bedtime, Klaus.

Yes? Good night!

Good night!

Hang on!

I've got another one.

A pig passes a plug socket and asks:

"Hey buddy,

who bricked you in like that?"

You worked so hard today.

Your mama is proud of you.

But there's always room

for improvement.

Right?

Mama?

Yes?

I'm hungry.

Ask Heinrich.

Heinrich, may I have something to eat?

Achievements are rewarded.

Feed the boy!

Heidegger writes:

"The nihilation of nothing

happens in the being of being."

Mister student?

Yes?

What's "being"?

"Being", that's not easy to explain.

Basically, it's all that exists,

except for being itself, of course.

Everything?

Mhmm.

Mymama?

Yes.

And my daddy?

Yes.

And me?

You too, Klaus.

Mister student?

What's "being?"

Klaus, how old are you?

Eight.

You look older.

I'm eight.

You've always been taught here?

Always.

You've never been to another school?

No, I'd be understimulated there.

After all, I'm gifted and

destined to be president one day.

President?

Yahoo!

Klaus mentioned you have

big plans for him.

Yes, president.

Isn't that a little ambitious?

What do you mean?

A lot of people want to be president.

Maybe Klaus

isn't quite there, yet.

How impertinent of you.

That's an affront.

You insult us all!

I didn't mean to be rude...

You saw how well Klaus

learned the capitals.

Right, the capitals.

But that's not enough to become president.

Have you considered that?

Klaus, show the man

what you're capable of.

Klaus...

What's the capital of Nigeria?

Mama...

Mamachusetts?

Mama...

You have to excuse my wife.

She's very vulnerable these days.

Why?

Stress, a number of things...

You don't know what

it's like to be a woman.

True.

What's it like?

Not nice. Difficult.

You know that?

Yes.

How come?

I read a lot.

What do you like to read?

Einstein, physics, the quantum leap,

the nature of relativity.

That kind of thing.

Take time for example.

If you are reading an exciting book,

time passes very quickly.

If you're waiting at the doctor's,

it passes slowly.

Excuse me, please.

You know, my son,

it hurts me more than you.

I know, daddy.

When you're grown up,

you may beat up others.

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