Oct. 5, 2021, 7:33 p.m.

Child Cracks Herself Up With Math Words

Heard muttering “silly parabolas” and cackling in her bedroom

The Daily Kina

“Parabola” really is a hilarious word if you set aside all the memories of homework and calculators. She laughed about it, I kid you not, for thirty straight minutes this morning.

Also, can I tell you something? I really almost made Kina’s little poetic turn of phrase about my damp hands the top headline today, but I did not want people to think badly of me for not drying my hands like a person who has been alive for over four decades.

Being the assistant home page editor does have its privileges.

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