Friday, January 9, 2009

Presenting, For the Edification of the Publick, A Heart-breaking and Tragick Tale of Ill-Spent Youth and Wasted Opportunity

... or, in modern parlance, A Conversation Between My Father and Myself In Which I Am Reminded That I Am No Spring Chicken. My gchat away message: this seriously is the forever week On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:25 AM, Warren S. wrote: Hi prec, and I agree, this week is endless. Cleaned out my pantry yesterday - was getting "pantry pests" as in things breeding in my cormeal, flour etc. I'm now a new man. On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 10:36 AM, Alison S. wrote: Hmm, maybe I should do that. Perhaps I'm suffering from potato weevil malaise. It strikes the very young you know. On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:22 AM, Warren S. wrote: doesn't that mean you don't have to check? On Thu, Jan 8, 2009 at 11:58 AM, Alison S. wrote: oh snap. you are right. i am past the age of very young. *goes and sobs in the corner*

3 comments:

jojo gadget said...

i would think that if your dad told you to check, it means you are very young thus you ARE a spring chicken! the world is yours!

yeah my response makes no sense i know.

dinomyte said...

whoa you and your dad have witty conversations. i had to re-read this post 3 times. i think i understand now....i think

chowda said...

haha yea umm is there a translation here for plebians? i definitely had to reread that multiple times, b/c apparently i interpreted it incorrectly the first few times...
but sigh, i guess it's true, we are no spring chickens.