October 8, 2009

  • Talking with Rone

    Rone has always been a lawyer looking for loopholes. It's just getting more elaborate as time goes on. The accompanying gestures that go with his tried and true phrases, "Do you remember that you said..." "You promised if I did this.." add to the hilarity. Or the frustration. One of those.

    Today, I was trying to get across a point of etiquette regarding sleepovers. Specifically the conversation went as I relate below.

    Me: "When you get hurt you don't need to scream your head off. Instead of yelling, you can just ask Miss Amy for an ice pack, or a medical adhesive strip (name omitted so the Feds don't come get me to see if I'm some sort of paid shill), or whatever you need. That's all."

    Rone: "Ok."

    Me: "Because, the yelling, it's so loud. And it surprises, and sometimes scares other people. So if you could just try to speak more normally, that would be good."

    Rone: "Ok."

    He walks out of the room, and comes back with:

    "Except for if I'm on fire, right? I can yell then."

    Sure. Of course you can. Yell your lawyering little head off, loophole boy!