I haven't been ignoring you, I've been busy and then sick. But here's a quickie to hold you over.

Julia, on the way home from taking Alex to the airport on Sunday:

I know how to make people be dead.

(Me: Really? How do you do that?)

If you don't eat any fruits and any vegetables, then you will get sick and you will be dead.

(The ensuing discussion touched on the fact that the getting sick was an opportunity to take better care of yourself and get better, but in the end we did allow as how if someone truly, permanently refused to eat fruits or vegetables they could, in fact, die as a result.)

I mean, it was her idea after all.