Completely Random

Out of the blue yesterday Jack asked me what dutch elm disease is.  I had no idea so I asked him what it was.  He said he had no idea and that's why he was asking me.  I told him we could look it up when we had a chance; we were driving at the time.  I didn't think anything more about it.  We were at the Brick House last night for dinner and Jack asked Hailey, one of our employees, if she knew what dutch elm disease was.  She didn't know either.  I think he asked at least one other person, maybe two but to no avail, nobody knew what dutch elm disease was. 

Tonight we were sitting down for scriptures and prayer and I remembered that Jack had been asking about the dutch elm disease so we asked google.  Google, true to form, had the answer.  Dutch elm disease is a fungal disease of elm trees that is spread by elm bark beetles.  A virulent strain of the fungus that arose in North America in the early 20th century has destroyed the majority of American elms in many areas.  Well, that cleared it up.  Natty asked Jack where he had heard about this disease and I expected it to be something he had heard in science class.  Nope, he heard it on the internet.  Just some random commentary about the Dutch elm disease and Jack was on it.  Wanted to know exactly what it was. 

Sometimes the completely random stuff that comes out of Jack is really interesting and sometimes I am left puzzled as to what it was about a topic, such as Dutch elm disease, that grabbed his attention.  It is fantastic.  The amount of knowledge he has about random stuff is pretty incredible.  I doubt he will ever need to ask about Dutch Elm disease again.  He's got it, locked in there.