Why?

"Hey Daddy?"

"Yes, my son?" (I talk to my kid like this guy talks to his.)

"I wanna watch Mickey Mouse."

"Sorry, but we can't watch Mickey Mouse now."

"Why?"

"Because it's bed time."

"Why?"

"Because - see, look outside - it's dark."

"Why?"

"Because it's 7:30 at night and that's when you go to bed."

"Why?"

"Uh, because you're tired."

"Why?"

"Because you had a big day..."

"Wh.."

"Wait for it - because you went to basketball and Gavin's party and we went to the store and we read a story and now you're tired."

"Why?"

"Because I said so."

"W.."

"BECAUSE I AM LORD AND MASTER OF YOUR ENTIRE EXISTENCE AND MY WORD SHALL BE OBEYED WITHOUT QUESTION WITH GREAT PRAISE FOR ME AND ALL THAT I PROVIDE, SUCH IS MY GREATNESS; YEA, THEE AND THY ILK SHALL GROVEL BEFORE ME, AND PREPARE FOR THE DAY WHEN ALL OF THE FALSE GODS - THE CHRISTIAN GOD, THE HEBREW GOD, THE HINDU GOD, THE MUSLIM GOD, AND ALL OF THEIR SO-CALLED PROPHETS AND ALL OF THEIR HEATHEN MINIONS SHALL CRY OUT IN PITY AS I PREPARE TO SMITE THEM, YET THEIR PITIFUL MEWLING SHALL FALL ON DEAF EARS, FOR MINE IS THE POWER AND THE GLORY THAT SHALL RULE OVER THIS AND ALL OTHER WORLDS UNTIL CREATION ITSELF FALLS INTO THE SHAPELESS ENTROPY FROM WHENCE IT SPRANG."

"Um...Daddy?"

"Yes."

"Can I watch Little Einsteins?"