Words to Live By

My son Win is an unusual child, and easily the most entertaining member of the family.  He comes up with random comments on a regular basis and is constantly into something.  He reminds us of Arlis, the little brother in Old Yeller who is always pulling lizards and snakes out of his pockets and grabbing baby bears by the foot.  Great kid, but causes a commotion.  

Well, he recently started coming up with mottos.  I am not sure how he came up with them, or why they have become such a staple of conversation, but they are.  He recently told the first three to the neighbors who immediately said, "If you can live by those mottos, you are going to be just fine."  He has since been adding to his list, and every time he tells them to someone, they try to imprint another on his brain.  This is what he has thus far.  

1.     Hakuna Matata (from the Lion King)

2.     Let me at ‘em.

3.     The tough get going.  The tough get going.

4.     I’m outta here.

5.     Check me out.

6.     To be the man, you gotta beat the man.

7.     Only trouble trouble when trouble troubles you.

8.     Dead men tell no tales (from Pirates of the Caribean)

9.     Toodles (which is how he ends every conversation with an adult)

Pretty funny kid.