Mum: [Putting on mascara] Yes, why?
Son: I didn’t think boys had them [looks in a mirror].
Mum: They do – it’s just that women make theirs look bigger by putting make up on them.
Son: Oh – it’s just the first time I’ve noticed mine.
Mum: Everyone has eyelashes – they keep the flies and dust out of our eyes. They’re like a pair of curtains or a blind on a window.
Son: Or like a shield in a battle.
Mum: Yes – or that.
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