Yes, I am serious. I won't post all the gory details, as funny as I found them, but we had a great knock-down drag-out, last night, when a certain family member made that proclamation. Followed by "Any parent who lets their children watch that should be shot! It is horrible. No one is nice to anyone. All they do is shout and hit each other."
(And this is horrible....................why.................?)
Anyway, coming from an ethnic family, where yelling and screaming was considered the norm, and obviously not someone who back down, I barked back:
"Oh, since I let my niece watch hundreds of hours, of that mind-numbing crap, I guess I was a horrible parent. Right? And should be shot, right?"
"Well, if you did, yes."
"Not only did I let her watch it, I sat there and watched it with her. (Having someone to laugh along with, made it more entertaining, for her.) Not only that, but we still watch The Simpsons together. So, I deserve to be shot, eh? Sure you are up to the task?"
A few more pointed barbs, back and forth, and this person lost control. The best part is it gave me an excuse to go home. And I didn't get yelled at, by my wife!!! ("I'll tell you what is going on with her, later.") (No, please don't................!)
And some folks wonder why I waited until I was 56, to get married for the first time. I already had one dysfunctional family, that I did not get along with. Now, I have two.
Oy vey.............
OK, gang.................your turn: Sponge Bob, harmless pablum, or mind-rotting evil. I think you know what my vote is.
(Tune back in later, as we may have Round II, tonight! Hotcha.)
