Scene from my house:
Me: "Hey Nate, do you think we get the word 'bath' from the story of David and Bathsheba in the Bible? I mean, she was kind of known for catching his eye while bathing on her roof."
Nate: "Hmmmm, I don't know. I think that word was already around, from the Roman baths."
Me: "Oh. Good call. Well don't you think it's ironic, then, that her name included the word 'bath'? That's really funny!"
Nate: "Maybe her name was just Sheba, and people described her that way."
Me: "What do you mean?"
Nate: "You know how sometimes we'll be talking and say something about someone, and then you have to use a characteristic to describe them? Like 'crazy so-and-so,' or 'blonde Lauren' or whatever?"
Me: "Oh yeah."
Nate: "So maybe people around the palace were busy talking about her and saying, 'Sheba who?' 'Oh, you know, BATH-Sheba. Haha.'"
Me: "That's brilliant! You're totally right! And HO-Sheba was probably already taken!"
Oh, don't we think we're so clever...
Thank you Kate and Nate for providing me with a wonderful laugh today...I just read that story the other day and never once did any of that cross my mind...hahahahahahahaha lol
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