Kids ask: Why is the sky blue?

But why, mommy? How many times do you get that question — about any number of topics? Maybe it’s three times a day or maybe it’s three times an hour. To make your life a little easier I’ve given you ten answers to the simple question: Mommy, why is the sky blue?

1) It’s not. You’re drunk. Oh no, wait, I’m drunk.

2) Its blue because of molecules and stuff, I think. I don’t know. I cut science class a lot. Go watch TV.

3) Because God’s favorite color is blue. When he’s mad his favorite color is grey. He’s been mad lately at the Northeast.

4) Google it.

5) Isn’t there a Dora episode that can answer that?

6) Go ask your father (or nanny or grandmother or any other adult in the house).

7) A whole bunch of Smurfs were flying in hot-air balloons when some rich jerk shooting rifles off his yacht hit them and the little blue guys disintegrated into the air (like all mythical figures do when shot) — and that made the sky blue.

8) Because God is a boy and boys like blue. Except for Uncle Steve – he likes pink. It’s a long story, go to your room.

9) The blue color of the sky is due to Rayleigh scattering. What’s Rayleigh? See answer #2.

10) The sky is blue because it’s sad. You know why it’s sad? Because you cry too much.

Special thanks to Going Parental ^[1] blogger Jaclyn Roth ^[2] for providing inspiration and some fine answers to this question.