"So what exactly are you learning in Biology, Josh," I asked, while we sat around noshing on our Chinese take-out.
"Oh, same stuff we have learned every year since I was in school: water cycle, stuff like that."
"Really? The Water Cycle? In Biology?" Jeremy asked.
"In my college bio course," I said, "We started with the cell, how it got its food, etc, then moved into single celled organisms, and eventually talked about plants: gymnosperms versus angiosperms, plants with uncovered seeds versus covered seeds, such as fruit, and plants that produced spores."
"Such as ferns," said Jeremy, "Did you know that gymno means naked and gymnasium begins with that root because the Greeks did all of their sports naked? Including the Olympics?" He paused for a second while we all digested that piece of information. It was clear across Josh and Ruth's face that they were picturing the inelegance of naked athletes. Sensing this, Jeremy held up his hand and shook it while making a jiggling sound with his mouth.
"I think only guys participated in the Olympics, right?" I asked.
"Yes, but guys also have jiggly wiggly parts too," Jeremy said.
"Daddy!" Ruth said.
"Can you imagine a foot race?" he asked.
I held up my hand and made a jiggling simulation of what said parts might look like during a race. Ruth nearly choked on her food. Joshua turned red laughing, and Jeremy honked like a goose from laughter.
"How on EARTH did we get on this subject, what do jiggly wiggly parts have to do with Biology..." Ruth began to taper off at the end of her question. "Oh, never mind."
"Yes, Biology is rather dependent on those jiggly wiggly parts," Joshua said.
We all sat for a second and pondered this deep thought, when Jeremy broke the silence with, "It's probably a good thing the Greeks didn't have sky diving."
