Gloating
Ahhhhh… Money won is always sweeter than money earned, and this $20 bill I have in my pocket that used to be in El Steve‘s pocket is giving me diabetes.
God, I love diabetes.
Steve came over today to test the durability of a new lens by shooting some portraits of me, Beth and Zoe. (The lens held up fine with no obvious defects or breakage, so I think he’s going to keep it.) While he was here we enjoyed our usual far-ranging conversations, and one of the important topics we discussed was that old 80’s TV show That’s Incredible. And that’s where the controversy flared.
As everyone knows (everyone but Steve, that is), the three stellar hosts of That’s Incredible were smokin’ 80’s hottie Cathy Lee Crosby, football great Fran Tarkenton, and legendary crooner John Davidson.
Let’s look at that list one more time, shall we? Hosting That’s Incredible were:
- Cathy Lee Crosby
- Fran Tarkenton
- John Davidson
Skip Stephenson does not appear in that list, does he? No, Steve, he does not. And now $20 does not appear in your wallet because you foolishly bet me that he did. You fell victim to one of the classic blunders. The most famous is: “Never get involved in a land war in Asia.” But, only slightly less well known is this: “Never go in against Chuck when 80’s TV trivia is on the line!”
Thanks, buddy!
Smooth move, working another Princess Bride line into your entry. Do I detect an ongoing theme developing? You seem a decent fellow. I hate to kill you.
Now, Beth, let the man have his Princess Bride fun. I’m sure he doesn’t really mean it.
Anybody want a peanut?
Aaarrrggghhh!!!
At a young age I was taught to be silent about one’s gifts to charity. A man is marked as uncouth if he blathers on about the pity he feels for… oh, let’s say a gambler who likes to swim underwater with the big fishies only to have his big wavy tail bitten of by a mighty herring. So I will be quiet about this “easy money” Chuck has acquired and pretend the $20 was a difficult loss for me and not a remedial effort to put food back on his family’s table.
Mr. Amaya… a very decent gesture, indeed (hypothetically speaking, of course), cough, cough.
Mr. Amaya is saying, in effect.
“I am not left-handed.”
Touche’!
He is amazing!