Tom Finally Pulls the Trigger on the PS3
Tom, my dishy husband, returned home last weekend with a PS3. My eyebrows shot up in surprise. Tom was surprised I was surprised. After all, he had "mentioned" he was "going to Best Buy to pick up a PS3." Yes, except my boy had maintained a solid five-year-every-Saturday streak of "smack-talking" that he was "going to Best Buy to pick up a [video game of some sort]."
His threats had always been empty. I was suckered in by statistics. I tell you.
Tom demonstrated advanced skill getting the PS3 out of the box and installed. He may have captured the high score for set up. His speed with multi-colored wires and male-female connectors shocked and amazed. Unfortunately, he got cocky. This became apparent, Game One, when he lobbed a granade onto himself. Tom's character (ChrisPike) also has been doing a lot of flailing around on the ground. He drops and rolls whenever threatened by the weird-looking evil creatures.
On Friday, Tom took the day off work. He had some "things to do around the house." When I called home around 3 pm, I was not particularly astonished by the gunfire punctuating our conversation.
We'll see how much a solid day of warfare has improved ChrisPike's performance. More on this later.
His threats had always been empty. I was suckered in by statistics. I tell you.
Tom demonstrated advanced skill getting the PS3 out of the box and installed. He may have captured the high score for set up. His speed with multi-colored wires and male-female connectors shocked and amazed. Unfortunately, he got cocky. This became apparent, Game One, when he lobbed a granade onto himself. Tom's character (ChrisPike) also has been doing a lot of flailing around on the ground. He drops and rolls whenever threatened by the weird-looking evil creatures.
On Friday, Tom took the day off work. He had some "things to do around the house." When I called home around 3 pm, I was not particularly astonished by the gunfire punctuating our conversation.
We'll see how much a solid day of warfare has improved ChrisPike's performance. More on this later.
Comments
First, buy the product, because everyone knows that it's easier to beg forgiveness than to get permission from the boss.
Second, pretend that the buy represents a strategic value for the good of the entire family, and does not merely represent a selfish desire to have a new "toy". In my case, I pointed out that we had been planning on getting a flat screen TV - what good would that HDTV be without a hi-def player???
Third, declare the act when the boss is most likely NOT to act in a violent manner. In my case, when the boss was busy preparing dinner and had her hands full.