Zu Kind 1: “Nimm für die Gabel bitte das linke Händchen, Anna-Aurelia.”
Zu Kind 2: “Erst essen, dann sprechen, Ben.”
Zu Kind 3: “Dann friss die Scheiße aber auch auf, hier ... äh ... Dings.”
Reminded of a past conversation ...
X: We're going to spend $1bn on this effort.
Me: I can deliver the same result for $20m.
X: How?
Me: pay me $20m to sit on a beach drinking and in five years I'll phone you up to say "we failed".
... 5 years later
X: I wish we paid you $20m.