Ok, as I have discussed before my son did not directly inherit my nerdmanity. All through school he was the jock, the football star.
We had satellite TV then which carried the BBC and more than once I tried to get him to watch reruns of Monty Pythons Flying Circus with me but he HATED it. "This is so stupid Dad!"
Oh my- the squirting sound as my heart was crushed could be heard in the next room but you have to accept that while he is your son he has his own tastes.
At my Dallas house his bedroom is next to my home office. It was a Saturday and he had several members of his football team over but the weather was shitty and there was nothing on TV. I could hear them complaining about how bored they were. After about a half hour of listening to them whine I went to my room and got my Holy Grail DVD.
I knocked on his door and told the group, "I been hearing you guys say how bored you are so I want just 5 minutes of your time, just watch this DVD for 5 minutes and if you don't like it I will just pop it out and not say a word more about it."
I could see them trying to figure out what the catch was so I added, "You are already bored to tears, what do you have to loose?" So they agreed.
As I pulled the DVD from behind my back my son was like "Oh no Dad! Not that!" I just replied, 5 minutes, what do you have to loose?
So I went to scene selection and chose "The tale of Sir Lancelot"
This is the scene where the kings gay son is being forced to marry against his will and is locked in the tallest tower to await the marriage. So he sent a tale of woe out on an arrow arrow telling of his plight and asking for some brave knight to rescue me.
Of Course sir Lancelot assumes someone being held in a tower, forced to marry and looking for a knight is a DAMSEL. So lancelot rips into this little fiefdom peacefully preparing for a wedding and commenced to hack and slay his way through men and women who have no idea at all they are being attacked.
"Oh aren't these flowers lovely- Ung!!"
The boys, (being teen age boys) were howling with laughter. Its a 7 minute scene and at the 5 minute mark I pulled the DVD.
"They were all like "whoa wait a minute we want to see that!"
"OH I know how stupid Monty Python is. Sorry I made you watch it. Sorry Brian for boring your friends with this stupid stuff!"
Oh I was so mean, I made them BEG for it! BWUH HA HA HA HA!
A nerd's revenge on the football team 20 years delayed but fulfilled!
I still owe the those cheerleaders though! Some day, some day my nerdy vengence quest will be complete!
4 comments:
You're problem is that Python is too hardcore for beginners.
You've gotta start with The Princess Bride and work your way up to the big leagues.
And remember, “Strange women lying in ponds distributing swords is no basis for a system of government!”
That scene in Monty Python is one of my favorites!
"O fair one, behold your humble servant Sir Lancelot of Camelot. I have come to take -- oh, I'm terribly sorry."
"You got my note!"
"Uh, well, I got A note."
"You've come to rescue me!"
Fantastic!
Funny you. You've got what you wanted; you made them beg for more. You're mean.:-) At least they're not bored anymore.:-)
Well your vengeance on the cheeleaders may be easier than you think and may have already come to fruition. I'm betting they're all 50 lbs over weight with huge sleep deprivation bags under their eyes. Mother Nature did the job for you. Say "you're welcome" :)
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