A boy, wearing a green hat which is shaped like a firefighter’s hat, is playing on playground equipment, and yells to his mom.\u00c2\u00a0 “Mommy.\u00c2\u00a0 I want to go back home so I can put on my [did not catch] costume!”<\/p>\n
Mom affirms the child’s wishes.\u00c2\u00a0 “In a few minutes.”\u00c2\u00a0 I assume she would go home shortly anyway, but it’s good that she’s in accord with her kid.<\/p>\n
Green hat kid is with a friend.\u00c2\u00a0 They run around the tunnel, which is apparently their gateway — or the hatted kid’s gateway — in and out of “Mushroom Land”.<\/p>\n
His friend walks in, and announces that he is now in “Mushroom Land!”<\/p>\n
“No you’re not.\u00c2\u00a0 You just walked out of Mushroom Land!\u00c2\u00a0 You go through there to enter Mushroom Land!”<\/p>\n
I identify with this gate-keeper.\u00c2\u00a0 There have to rules and designations of what constitutes “Mushroom Land”. Otherwise, I’d be able to claim I’m in Mushroom Land right now.<\/p>\n
But where does this “Mushroom Land” come from?\u00c2\u00a0 Retro-Mario Bros. fans (yes, you’re getting old — we can now call “Mario Bros” “retro”)?\u00c2\u00a0 Is there a piece of literature they enjoyed the other day set in “Mushroom Land”?\u00c2\u00a0 Or do they just enjoy the sound of “M” running against “ush” and then finished with that “Oom”?<\/p>\n
Less likely, but a possibility — they picked up on older siblings’ drug habits.\u00c2\u00a0 I suppose this kid will move out of his “Mushroom Land” phase in a fortnight — heck!\u00c2\u00a0 It might just end when he puts on his costume when he gets home — but may just return in, let’s see… I peg him as age 7, so… he’ll return to “Mushroom Land” in, like 7… 8 years?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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