Weather conditions: wet, nasty, COLD after loud thunderstorm with Blue Norther came through this morning.
Place: church grounds.
Daughter: "Mama, I'm taking a short cut" (as she heads across the soggy grass towards the ditch)
Mama: "No you don't! Remember what Pippin said to Frodo!"
Daughter gets look of dread on her face.
Mama: "Short cuts make long delays!"
Daughter: "Oh, MOTHER. You're gonna drive me nuts with THAT stuff again!"
Mama: "Well, you know Pippin was right."
Daughter walks through deep puddle to compensate for not getting to walk through ditch.
Mama: "Pippin's always right."
Daughter: "Sure, Mama."
Pippin's always right 85% of the time! :^)