Did you ever wonder about the imaginary line that separates genius from moron? Is it a thick big bold line like down the center of the road or just a tiny line as thin as a strand of hair?

The other night at dinner we were all sitting around chatting and Jill was talking about how much she loved the George Forman grillin machine. I mentioned how he named all his sons George and then someone else mentioned that he was a World Heavy Weight Champion. Jill started to think about this – you could see the wheels turning inside her head. “HMMM, if he is the heavy weight champion why does he make a lean grillin machine – why wouldn’t he want the fat?” Good question and so we explained what heavy weight meant. OK, she bought that. And then she asked “Why do all the famous people make food things, like you know Gary Coleman?”  “Gary Coleman?” Bob asked. She looked at him like he was a moron and said ”you know Dad, the Coleman stove for camping and all those coolers, jeez Dad.”  I get it but I am starting to wonder, genius or moron and then she asks the question that confirms what I already know. She asks about the famous chicken finger man. “Chicken finger man, what are you talking about?” She looks stunned. “Mom, you just saw him in the movie “The Hangover, you know Tyson, the fighter that makes all the chicken fingers.” Please, someone help me!

Regardless of the size of the line, she clearly crossed over it and I fear fell squarely into the moron category. Unfortunately for her it runs in my family as I clearly remember by little sister reading the package of crescent rolls and then laying down on the floor near the refrigerator trying to reach underneath it and asking how she was going to get them under the refrigerator. Why would she want to put them there? Because the package said “keep under refrigeration”. Moron or genius?