MadLib-erated

A noun is a person, place or thing. Verb, that's what's happening. Unpack your adjectives. Lolly, Lolly, Lolly, get your adverbs here. Watch enough Schoolhouse Rock, and not only are pre-fab MadLibs templates easily completed, but a motivated 8-year-old boy can manufacture his own. Too time consuming to determine the parts of speech needed? Always a work around...

Darren: "What's your name?"

Mommy: "Mom."

Darren: "If something isn't new, it's______"

Mommy: "Old?"

Darren (with mild disgust at my facile response): "What's the opposite of 'isn't used'...."

Mommy: "Used?"

Darren: "That's right. Now, a one-letter word other than I."

Mommy: "A?"

Darren (with faith restored in my intellect): "What do you use to dry yourself off with?"

Mommy: "Towel."

[Uproarious laughter from both twins]

Darren: "Another word for also."

Mommy (with confidence): "Too."

Darren (with renewed disgust at my facile responses): "Noooo. Like combining two things."

Mommy (with a divine vision of Conjunction Junction): "And?"

Darren: "YES! What's the opposite of pee-d?"

Mommy (fully aware of the expected answer): "Held it? Didn't pee?"

Darren: "M-o-o-o-m...."

Mommy: "Okay, poo-ed."

[Uproarious laughter from both twins]

Darren: "What's the opposite of off?"

Mommy: "On."

Darren (beside himself): "What does 'i-t' spell?"

Mommy: "It."

[Uproarious laughter from both twins...and Mom.]

*Morning text corrections made with Darren's able-memoried assistance.
-CRL