It’s Tortilla Time|

As we make our way home from my Nana’s house:

Ben- Mum, want to hear a weird statistic?
Mum- Absolutely.
Ben- You know that 3lbs. of your body weight is pure bacteria?
Mum- Where do you learn this? Do they teach you this at school?
Me- Yeah, who feeds you this crap?
Ben- I don’t know, I just hear it.
Awkward Silence.
Mum- The singular form of bacteria is bacterium.
Me- Why would anyone ever need to use the singular form of bacteria?
Mum- They could say ‘there is one bacterium.’
Me- Or ‘the bacterium crossed the road.’
Mum- Yes, and then you could say that his brother crossed the road too and then there were two bacteria.
Me- I don’t know where I would be without you to teach me this stuff.