The irresistible force and immovable object met head on today and, thanks to a bit of crafty deception, the irresistible force won. The force—Green Goddess—put three green beans on the plate of the immovable object—The Governor. He set his jaw and was prepared to starve before giving into a demand that those beans be eaten before hot dogs and potato chips arrived on his plate.
No way out of this impasse, I thought. The Gov’s. lower lip was bent double in a classic pout and his arms were crossed in a sign of stubbornness. That’s when the Green Goddess put one over on the kid. She offered him a green been on a potato chip. He ate all three beans that way, which released the remainder of the meal to him—two hot dogs and potato chips, followed by a trip to Cold Stone Creamery where he wallowed in chocolate ice cream infused with gummy bears. The Senator had something similar.
Earlier, the halos previously sighted over the boys were dented today as the kids bounced off the walls. Pillow fight in the living room before dinner. Open-mouth chewing at the table. Tossing food to Hoocher. The boys were wild for a while, but soon mellowed out again—with the help of a CD with several Ed, Edd and Eddy cartoons, just before bedtime.
Epilogue to the bean incident. The Governor ought to ask The Chairman how to get rid of unwanted green beans. She would have slipped them to the dog or palmed them for a burial at sea during an excuse-me trip to the bathroom.
Your faithful readers M&J get many a bad idea from reading this blog. One must wonder where their green beans will end up after they see this post. The Professor and Green Goddess might have to take me to Cold Stone Creamery to make up for it. One can only hope.
Posted by: Aunt S at June 12, 2005 05:04 PMTo each his own, I know, but to me, "Ed, Edd, and Eddy" is just vile. I let my kids watch the Three Stooges but I've banned just about the entirety of Cartoon Network. I can only deal with so much "ugly" in my life!
Posted by: Joan at June 13, 2005 10:21 PM