The perversity of inanimate objects

Leonard Joseph MEYERS was Naval Aviator Number NO 684. He was also the father of my husband Thomas Daniel Meyers. Both men shared similar facial features and intellects that provided humor and perfect engineering to many of life’s situations. If you wanted to know how to fix something, you could always ask Leonard and later his son Thomas. How do men grow to be like their fathers? Here is a conversation to consider.

Leonard was in the garage attempting to fix a piece of machinery. In complete frustration, he put down the screwdriver on his bench and muttered…Just another example of the perversity of inanimate objects!

His son was playing nearby and approached his father. Daddy, what does that mean? What is the perversity of inanimate objects? Leonard never missed a teachable moment. He pulled Tommy close, sat him on his knee and explained.

Well, son, imagine that you have just taken a piece of bread out of the toaster. It is perfectly browned, and you spread it with lots of butter. As you hold the bread and prepare to take a delicious bite, the toast falls from your hand to the dirty floor. What side hits the floor, the buttered or the plain side?

Tommy looked at his father with new understanding. It lands on the buttered side, right? Father and son nod at each other and Tommy understands the perversity of inanimate objects.