"Okay, a few years ago, me and Fraser were walking through this cabbage patch--"
"Ray, we're actually well outside of the cultivation zone for cabbage."
"All right, all right. So there was this stork that landed on the roof of the cabin--"
"There aren't actually any stork habitats nearer than Vancouver Island, Ray. Also, I don't think we should lie to him."
"Fine. I'll tell him the truth. The truth is, we don't know where you came from. Dief dragged you up to the cabin one day, covered in mud and howling like a banshee. I was all for whacking you over the head and tossing you in the stewpot, but Fraser said, 'Ray, Ray, Ray, Ray, that's much too large and misshapen to be an Arctic hare. Let's clean it off and see what we've got.' And then when we figured out you were a baby, Fraser wanted to adopt you. I wasn't so sure, but I gotta keep him happy, so here you are."
...
"Dad?"
"Well, I don't recall the involvement of a stewpot, but that is essentially accurate."
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Re: spontaneous generation
Date: 2003-09-15 09:21 pm (UTC)"Ray, we're actually well outside of the cultivation zone for cabbage."
"All right, all right. So there was this stork that landed on the roof of the cabin--"
"There aren't actually any stork habitats nearer than Vancouver Island, Ray. Also, I don't think we should lie to him."
"Fine. I'll tell him the truth. The truth is, we don't know where you came from. Dief dragged you up to the cabin one day, covered in mud and howling like a banshee. I was all for whacking you over the head and tossing you in the stewpot, but Fraser said, 'Ray, Ray, Ray, Ray, that's much too large and misshapen to be an Arctic hare. Let's clean it off and see what we've got.' And then when we figured out you were a baby, Fraser wanted to adopt you. I wasn't so sure, but I gotta keep him happy, so here you are."
...
"Dad?"
"Well, I don't recall the involvement of a stewpot, but that is essentially accurate."