What's a meatball?

So we're driving to the grocery & people seem to be driving without regard to the dozens of other cars out here at this time of day. Chris & I about had a heart attack when someone tried to pull out from the street next to Drug Mart in between a mile long length of stopped cars waiting to turn left at Old State & Polaris. ok, maybe it wasn't a mile long, but you know how it gets at this time of day on that road (if you live around here)! Anyway, Leah wondered why we were a bit anxious so we told her that people were driving crazy. Then we drive down Polaris toward the bridge that turns into Powell Rd. "People!" That's what Chris yelled as some black SUV made a left turn in front of us. I noticed that person was talking on the phone, so he/she must have been too busy multitasking to wait to turn left when there was less traffic! "What's a meatball?" asked Leah. Huh? Chris was confused. I started laughing though! She thought Chris said something about a meatball instead of people! I found that funny. Yep, the little girl who has to know about every single little thing that goes on around her sometimes doesn't pay close enough attention to hear "people" instead of "meatball."