When I was a kid I was sometimes too smart for my own good.

One evening I was at my friend’s house while his parents were throwing a party. I was talking with a man who was trying to explain something to me on some esoteric topic. He had a foreign accent, so I thought maybe he wasn’t a native English speaker.

That’s why when he said something to me, I, the elementary school kid, decided to correct his grammar.

“You mean pies are squared?” I said.

Bless him for not smacking me.

I did learn geometry eventually.