Tactical Solution

Me: "You forgot your brother's girlfriend's name?"
Son 1: "It's not as bad as forgetting my own girlfriend's name. Then I have to use personal pronouns until someone else eventually mentions it."

Why we can't see the forest

Son 1: "I don't get wood, I get a whole tree."

Jar Jar Blinks

Me: "JJ Abrams is supposed to direct the next Star Wars movie."
Son 2: "You know the newest main character is just going to be a giant lens flare."

Insane Austen

Son 2: "So... in Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Collins is like a 19th century Sheldon. And Darcy is Sherlock."
Me: "Or maybe Snape. Wow... this could result in some very disturbing fan-fiction."