Yesterday Jason came over ...

We all had dinner, he took care of some business for us around the house and property and did his laundary, then Mrs. A took off for bed and Jason and I sat up watching TV and talking, he on one end of the couch and me on the other.

Suddenly, Jason leaned down and picked up a bit of trash off the carpet. I asked what is was he picked up.

At exactly the same time, he and I said this word, answering my question:

"Schmutz."

Now, I have no idea what that word means, or if I had ever uttered it before. The word sounds as if it may be Yiddish, but neither Jason nor I have any knowledge of Yiddish, which is a pidgeon of German and Hebrew.

We just said the same nonsense word together, at the same exact second.

I guess Jason is my son, after all.

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