Mom and Dad used to play S&M† and Kings in the Corner, vicious little card games that led to lots of trash talking and certain bragging rights.
Dad and the Peach have been playing Kings in the Corner, but Dad wants to branch into S&M.‡
"Didn't you say you found the rules online a couple of years ago?" he asked.
"Yeah, through the magic of Google," said I.
[SUMMARY: This is not subtle foreshadowing.§]
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From: "Dad"
To: "Marin"
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 2010
9:08:43 PM GMT -07:00 US/Canada Mountain
Subject: S & M
Daughter,
I googled "S & M", "Sadism & Masochism" , then put "card game" behind each... went through about a dozen pages of sex topics¶ without finding anything about the game.
Help?
dad
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[SUMMARY: You knew it was coming, but you still laughed.#]
I had to remind him it stands for "Spite & Malice."
†FOOTNOTE (crossed): Stop it. That's my DAD you're sniggering at.
‡FOOTNOTE (double-crossed): Enough! I don't laugh at your father's predilections. Of course, if you blog about them, I might.
§FOOTNOTE (swerved): But you're going to laugh when you get to the punchline anyway.
¶FOOTNOTE (paragraphed): I know we're not talking about my Dad's weirdities, but does anyone else think there's a sitcom moment in the fact that he apparently continued to browse through dozens of sex sites before he called for help?
#FOOTNOTE (pounded): Told you so.
@RANDOM ADDITIONAL FOOTNOTE (atted): What do you suppose this post will do to *my* Google searchability?
7 comments:
I can always can count on you and your Dad for a good chuckle. You are my kind of people to hang out with and drink beer.
And, y'know... if you ever need an opinion on pornography of any kind, we have an amazing understanding of the subject for two people who don't really indulge.
"Well, you have to check all the sites, you know. There's no telling where the one you need might be. . . "
(He might have been heard to say.)
Well, what makes porno interesting/sordid/etc. IS all in the mind. :)
It is what is in the mind whatever makes porno interesting/sordid/etc. :)
I can hear him saying "I spent 3 hours looking thru sex sites and couldn't find the game.". Sounds like he's dedicated to his cards. ;-)
Helen, my dear, I'm going to use your comments as a stepping off point to introduce the idea that Father is both thorough and intellectual in his pursuit of porn... um, card games.
I can't wait to have dinner with him tonight and tell him how dedicated, cerebral and thorough he really is.
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