copyright Rochelle Wisoff-Fields
The Physics of Angels
“Mommy, how does the plane fly?”
“Sweetie, remember that word ‘migraine’ I taught you—”
“But how?”
“Angels. Angels keep it up.”
“But how does it go down?”
“Well, when they want to go down, the pilots start swearing a lot and it makes the angels drop us . . . slowly.”
“But you said a bad word before when you spilled your coffee and it didn’t go down then.”
“Oh that? That kind of word isn’t going to do anything. The pilots have to say really terrible, sinful words.”
“Like what?”
“Are you kidding? If I told you, you’d crash the plane.”
The Green-Walled Tower 
July 31st, 2014 at 10:02 am
cool
July 31st, 2014 at 12:05 pm
I love this one, David! It actually got a “read aloud” along with a healthy dose of LOLs from my audience here at home. Nicely handled.
Cheers!
MG
July 31st, 2014 at 1:00 pm
Epic! This made me literally LOL!
July 31st, 2014 at 4:30 pm
smart mom 🙂
July 31st, 2014 at 5:14 pm
Seems logical.
🙂
July 31st, 2014 at 5:23 pm
Dear Dave,
Is the little girl’s name Nicola?
What a really well put together story this was. Migraine wasn’t going to stop her from asking questions and I loved how her mom stayed with her despite the pain. Well done.
Aloha,
Doug
July 31st, 2014 at 5:24 pm
Dear David,
Out of the mouths of babes…comes just about everything imaginable and at the most inopportune times. This is one that almost had me spewing coffee through my nose. And that’s a compliment. Well done.
Shalom,
Rochelle
July 31st, 2014 at 8:58 pm
Really funny, well written tale.
August 1st, 2014 at 12:51 am
Hahahahaha! Stinkin’ hilarious, Dave.
You know, I remember Robin Williams doing a routine explaining to his son when he asked, “Why is the sky blue?”
“Because of oxygen.”
“Why do we have oxygen?”
“So we can breathe.”
“Why do we breathe?”
“Enough! I don’t KNOW! You’re standing there with your diaper full of crap and all of a sudden you’re Carl Sagan?”
August 1st, 2014 at 3:55 am
This is just hilarious – what a d*mn f**king hardship to be a f**king pilot.
August 1st, 2014 at 12:30 pm
I can see Mom rubbing her forehead… Wonderful tale.
August 1st, 2014 at 5:00 pm
I can see the pilot’s getting trained for take off and landing! 😀
August 1st, 2014 at 7:59 pm
I’m still laughing from Bjorn’s comment. Now I forgot what I was going to say. This is so real. Kids and their questions. A great read.
August 1st, 2014 at 8:36 pm
That explains the turbulence then.
August 1st, 2014 at 11:17 pm
That was awesome!! I laughed out loud!! HA HA!! Great job! 🙂
August 2nd, 2014 at 2:42 am
This made me laugh…you know kids just buy so much…funny piece, as always.
August 2nd, 2014 at 10:57 am
Very funny! Wish I had written it!
August 2nd, 2014 at 7:29 pm
Haha, I can really hear the voice of the mother in this. Very funny and reminds me of lots of conversations I hear between parents and their children on the bus.
August 3rd, 2014 at 4:50 am
Haha. I bet this kid is silent for the rest of the trip! Good one!
August 3rd, 2014 at 7:49 pm
Ditto – on everyone else’s comments pf “hilarious”. I loved it.
BTW – I just tried it myself after I realized that angels were holding up my chair, and i yelled “shit” and fell over backwards. i think you’re onto to something. It’s not just planes,
The whole world that operates that way.
We’re either being held up by angels or cursing them and falling…
Great story, Randy
August 4th, 2014 at 3:42 am
LOL worthy indeed David!! 😀 Wonder if our ofen skeptical grandchildren would fall for this? 🙂
August 4th, 2014 at 9:03 am
Dear David, You are funny! Good story and clever – Now, what is that word Mommy told you about? You are a hoot! Nan 🙂
August 4th, 2014 at 4:37 pm
David, Hilarious. 😀 I don’t think children understand migraines. That’s one smart child, and it looks like he inherited his brains from his mother. Well written. 🙂 —Susan
August 5th, 2014 at 12:18 am
So funny. I think maybe Mum should start explaining things more truthfully and then maybe her child would understand what migraine meant. Great idea, and thanks for not publishing the ‘down’ words.
August 5th, 2014 at 11:39 am
I don’t know if I even know the “down” words. 🙂 Anyway, someone might be reading this on a plane and accidentally say them out loud…
August 6th, 2014 at 3:14 am
Haha! Very clever David, loved it
August 6th, 2014 at 1:58 pm
missing your stories dearly!
August 7th, 2014 at 10:59 am
I forwarded this to my friend who is an airline pilot…