Drop the Girl!

The other evening I went to see Ice Age 3D with my younger son. If you've seen the others, you'll know that, along with all the other drama, there are two squirrels -- a male and a female -- who are constantly fighting over a single nut. Usually each scene ends with the male being duped or seduced by the female and losing the nut to her.

Well, that's how it all plays out in this movie too. In one of the scenes the squirrels are again engaged in a fierce battle and the male is hanging over the edge of a cliff with the nut clutched tightly in one paw and holding onto the female's paw with the other. If he lets go of her, he'll be able to clamber up the side of the cliff and claim the nut as his own. But -- as usual -- she is using all her femininity to persuade him otherwise. As the tension mounts and mounts and the male squirrel is so obviously conflicted, the little three year old sitting next to me screams out at the top of his lungs, "DROP THE GIRL! DROP THE GIRL!"

Oh, the wisdom of a child. As my boys are approaching the years when they'll be faced with the hazards of pair-bonding, I'm going to remember those words -- if she's making you cry, boys, if she's getting you down, she's just not worth it, sweetheart -- DROP THE GIRL!