almost everyday odin says something notably profound or funny or thought provoking. today he came up with this little gem:

odin: “poppi, maybe you should be a picture taker and travel all over the world.”

it occurred to me that by posting his ponderings to twitter, they could be lost forever, so i thought i’d go back and capture some of the funny and inspiring words that can come out of odin’s mouth.

sadly, many have already been lost on twitter due to the short history they keep. it appears that twitter only currently allows me to go back about 18 months to april 2009 so i’m missing maybe 2 years of quotes, musings and words of wisdom. perhaps someday twitter will make it easier to grab older tweets.

it’s amazing that i’ve probably only captured 1% of his funny and profound utterances.

october 3, 2010

odin: “don’tcha think homemade things are always waaaaaaay better than things from a store?”

july 16, 2010

odin: what’s for dinner? me: beans and rice and kale. odin: ( with fistpump ) yes! my favorite!

july 11, 2010

odin: maybe the people who think chickens aren’t smart aren’t smart enough to figure out how smart chickens really are.

july 10, 2010

me: argh! why are the flies only flying around *my* head! odin: (w/o missing a beat ) maybe they think your hair is a nest.

may 10, 2010

odin fell asleep wondering if he could teach his baby chicks sign language. he thought they could sign by laying on backs w/ their feet.

april 16, 2010

odin: “poppi, is infinity the last number?”

march 30, 2010

odin: “you know, poppi, you don’t see with your eyes. they are just for decoration. you see with your mind.”

march 24, 2010

odin, after visiting a friend: “do you know about rock & roll? i listened to rock & roll and i like it.”

march 05, 2010

odin: “i wonder what eggnog and chocolate milk and brownies would taste like all mixed together? i bet mmmmmmmmmm!”

march 03, 2010

odin, talking to his grandmother about school: “i have about 7 classmates asking to marry me.”

january 30, 2010

odin earnestly asked for a stepmother. not, of course, because there’s anything *wrong* with his mother but because so many have a step.

december 24, 2009

omg. santa visited odin and i while we were finishing up sauna! bells, beard and a red suit! odin, in the buff, “MERRY CHRISTMAS SANTA!”.

december 15, 2009

odin, providing evidence that he may not, in fact, be my son: “poppi, i suuuuure do *love* cantaloupe!”

december 09, 2009

odin: can we just skip chicago (traffic)?

december 03, 2009

odin is complaining becuase he can’t get “ring of fire” out of his head. walking around singing, “burns burns burns..” http://bit.ly/6YwENy

november 29, 2009

odin: i hope i don’t fall down a wormhole.

november 15, 2009

odin: “ruff! i am puppy with magic powers to defeat mean people and make them smile.”

november 14, 2009

odin: “after i put my jammies on, i’m going to sail the seven seas” ( see also, http://bit.ly/1MEyqu ).

november 09, 2009

me: what? odin: do you need to go to the doctor? to get your ears checked?

november 02, 2009

odin: lightening firebolt is an alien with 1 million infinity arms who can help people all over the world all at the same time. ( odin came home with an imaginary friend, lightening firebolt: 6″ tall, faster than a bolt of lightening and strong enough to lift a house. )

october 24, 2009

odin: “hoo boy! nothin’ better than a hot sauna with some eucalapti steam to get rid of my weezy!”

october 22, 2009

words of wisdom from odin: “poppi, you need to do the hard things first and the easy things last.”

october 06, 2009

ME: what’cha imaginin’ while i play this song ( on guitar ). ODIN: (without missing a beat ) how i could play that on the piano.

september 09, 2009

odin: “no, no, i’m not talking to you. i’m talking to the voice in my head. it’s telling me to try onions when i’m a teenager.”

august 19, 2009

nurse: how many pets do you have? odin: a dog, pushkin, some fish and a cat named truck. but she’s dead. and lives in the freezer.

august 06, 2009

ME: “o.k. buh, bye! have fun! be kind!” ODIN: ( without skipping a beat ) rewind!

july 08, 2009

odin: “poppi, even though i’m not listening to you, of course i love you.”

may 09, 2009

unprompted dinner table words of wisdom from odin: “there are more people who are good than people who make wrong decisions.”

april 17, 2009

odin’s awesome spring evening suggestions: 1. eat first dinner outside at picnic table. 2. set up hammock and read books without shoes on.