You really just have to see it to understand. It's worth the 9 minutes of your life.
http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=ZKSxHYK_wfs
Monday, October 1, 2007
An ode to Arnold Jackson
But my spectacular Sunday (TM) started off even before the football started. This was mostly due to the fact that Sunday, September 30th was "St James Day". Basically, this is a festival that involves all of the local vendors lining up and down Lake Avenue, pushing their wares for the good people of the town. Occasionally there are free samples, which my son and I (mostly I) partake in. Hot Dough and Sugar are a definite "yes", while yogurt and raisins are a distant "maybe" which is just slightly ahead of "gym"- pronounced goyum, I believe.
after I ponder a Karen Silkwood type of cleaning process on the boy, he hands me a mostly empty cone- with but a small gathering of vanilla remaining in the coin sized reservoir of the otherwise untouched receptacle.
Being the Fat Suggestable Zombie Dad that I am, I commence to eat said cone almost before my son releases it. Nearby parents gasp in terror, as they ponder if the hospital will be able to reattach the three year olds' fingers. But the real comedy involves my son, who looks to me as would a certain child actor of the late 70's-80's, Mr. Gary Coleman. "Whatchu talkinbout Willis" he almost seems to ask.
Consider yourself sitting in a restaurant. After finishing a completely fine meal with a family member- a family member who had up until that point seemed stable in mind and body- said relative decides to start devouring the plate that their food was on.
I don't REALLY laugh often. When I find things hilarious, my guffaw is much like Jackie "the Jokeman" Martling. I own the laugh, sure. But when I realized why my son was so very troubled by the eating of the cone, as displayed by his "WTF" look, I laughed loud and deep and hard, almost to the point where I lost my breath.
I explained to my son that the cone was a lot like a cookie, and gave him a try. He devoured the poor thing in maybe a minute.
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