The countdown on fewer fingers
My back hurts like a fucking bitch. Stupid too-soft bed. And my mouse is defective. Stupid NEC. And my office manager is too cheap to change our mice. Stupid budget. I'm grumpy, can you tell?
Was watching CSI with my father last night, an episode where this crazy steals this huge guy's casino chips and then beats him to death. The crazy sits in the interrogation room after being tracked down by Grissom and Brass, and when Grissom tries to scrape evidence from his nails, the guy goes nuts, attacks Grissom, then falls down dead. Evidence later reveals that he'd been burning up with a body temperature at 103 degress.
All has been quiet right until then, when my father pipes up and says, "That's because he's an alien."
Slinky: "Daddy, he's not an alien."
Slinky's dad: "He's an alien!"
Slinky: "He's not an alien!"
Slinky's dad: "How do you know?"
He goes on to call Eminem That Chocolate Man when the advertisements come on because he thinks it's a ridiculous name.
If any of you have been reading this blog faithfully, you shouldn't be surprised.
Two days til the Honey Trappers do the band!
posted by Slinky @ 3:48:00 PM
7 Comments:
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vaoliveiro commented:
Your dad is hilarious!
Lovely.
I'm watching a man trying to pull a kill away from a tiger. Suicidal.- » August 10, 2005 6:25 PM
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The Snakehead commented:
Slinky, listen to your dad. He is an alien.
See what happens when you don't listen to your dad? Your back hurts like a fucking bitch, your mouse becomes defective and your office manager becomes cheap.- » August 11, 2005 4:17 AM
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Slinky commented:
Holly, my father, like many of the men in my life, live in a world of their own. That's good when you're trying to get away with something you shouldn't be doing, and bad when you're trying very hard to get something and their attention dwells in a different dimension. But yes, my dad is hilarious.
Snakehead, apparently are responsible for the failure of my back, my mouse and my office manager's generosity! Btw, did you know Elvis lives?- » August 11, 2005 10:08 AM
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April commented:
Hahaha... My dad constantly annoys me too. Here's a typical conversation...
Dad: Eh... What's that girl's name, you know, that blonde one?
Me: ...
Dad: Aiyah... That actress lah! The blonde actress!
Me: ...
Dad: You know! That one who acted in that movie!
Me: ...
Dad: *totally exasperated tone* Oh c'mon! That blonde one lah, in that movie with that guy!!!
Me: ...
Sheesh... Dads... Can't live with em. Can't live without em.- » August 11, 2005 11:23 AM
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Slinky commented:
Damn it, Snakehead that was supposed to read "apparently aliens are responsible for the failure of my back, my mouse etc".
April, my younger sister does an even more annoying variation of what you just wrote. We'll be watching something quietly then suddenly she'll point and yell, "I know her/him! He/she was in that show, about that thing!" and will continue to insist that she knows that actor/actress but cannot remember the name, even if I KNOW she's never clapped eyes on the actor/actress before. She does this for EVERY SHOW I WATCH WITH HER. One day I'm going to suffocate her.
On an unrelated note, I love Sean Connery too! Old but still sexy...- » August 11, 2005 4:56 PM
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April commented:
Sean Connery kicks ass. Even with his "sh" habit. You know... The one where an "s" in a word becomes an "sh"?
-- "Bond. Jamesh Bond."
-- "Martini. Shaken. Not shtirred."
Heh... And I constantly thank god that my brother hasn't inherited my dad's more annoying traits. (If he were anything like your sis, I seriously doubt he'd have lived pass the age of 15, cos I'd have smothered him yonks ago.) My pop has another habit that totally shits me... For example...
Dad: Is there a Watsons around here?
Me: Yeah, think there's 1 in the basement...
Dad: *disbelieving look* No lah! Where got?
Me: ...
5 minutes later...
Dad: Hmmm... Wonder if there's a Delifrance nearby...
Me: There's 1 at Wisma, which is just next door?
Dad: *incredulous look* No lah! Since when does Wisma have a Delifrance?!
Me: ...
I swear, 1 of these days, my convos with my father are all gonna consist of "..." and very little else. Haha!- » August 12, 2005 12:58 AM
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Slinky commented:
April, that's hilarious! Is your father actually my father?
My dad also has a habit of reacting with astonished surprise at anything I try to tell him.
Slinky: "Dad, I'm not coming home tonight."
Slinky's Dad: "WHAAAA?"
Slinky: "I have to work late, then I'm staying over the apartment."
Slinky's Dad: "HUUUUUHHH??"
Then I have to repeat myself becasue either (a) he didn't hear me right the first time or (b) for some reason or another he doesn't believe what he heard.- » August 14, 2005 6:17 PM