“story” of my life:
Place: Family Room
Time and Day: Sunday morning 10 am
I am feverishly searching the net for the perfect recipe to try out the slow-cooker I bought a week ago. I’d stumbled upon this humorous, engaging thread on some hub on slow-cooking experiments gone bad, and was oblivious to the daughter and munchkin’s conversation behind me while they work at the Wii. Until
Daughter: Mom. Mom. MOM!
Me: eh, yea, what?
Daughter: Munchkin wants to play tennis with someone.
Me: Ok, play.
Daughter: Yeah, but she wants to win.
Me: o, that’s nice..[still paying minimal attention]
Daughter: So can you play then?
!?!!
Happy Dassera!
And you need to start practicing more on the Wii and dont throw the remote on the TV screen!
The Pilgrim
October 22, 2007 at 9:35 am
ROTFL!!! :–))
Immediate POA is to change that notion! :–)
SK
October 22, 2007 at 10:22 am
Wii.
You folk have a Wii.
Forget winning or losing, you have a Wii!
Cydonian
October 22, 2007 at 10:56 am
Hard to figure out what is worse, right? The fact that you can’t beat a 3-year old or the utter lack of malice in her statement? Your utter ineptness or the fact that the whole world knows about it. :-)
BPSK
BPSK
October 22, 2007 at 11:28 am
ha ha ha……. ayyo paavam!!
kutti
October 22, 2007 at 11:28 am
KC: :)
BPSK: I could say more, but I am gonna stop with “I am gonna let this one go” :)
Cyd: Yes, acquired it kinda late acc to the tweens at least.
SK: :)
Pilgrim: Ah well :)
All: None of you are parents right? Coz for a mom/dad to “lose” to their child is a mark of achievement. It’s a medal I’d wear proud. Isn’t that the whole point of progress we’d see in future generations anyway?
rads
October 22, 2007 at 11:41 am
Oh did’nt know u had a Wii! Cool – way to go munchkin – enjoy! Mom will easily lose for you!
Madhu
October 22, 2007 at 12:10 pm
Growing up, Dad and I used to play chess very regularly (i.e. almost on a daily basis) until about high school.
I still remember the first time I beat my Dad at chess. It was a wow moment for both of us! :)
metlin
October 22, 2007 at 1:01 pm
And oh, he still says that he “let me win” and I still say, “Yeah right!”
metlin
October 22, 2007 at 1:01 pm
ROFL!
leoNYdas
October 22, 2007 at 1:26 pm
rads:
sign me up, not for tennis but for chess (and the result is for me, not your munchkin). but yes, i want to play munchkin.
from my online results (after midnight) last night, i think that the only way i can garner a win is by playing someone who was born yesterday (or as close to it as possible)! ;-)
- s.b.
some body
October 22, 2007 at 1:36 pm
Hmmm…(scratching, this time existing, beard) do you want to do Real analysis with me. I could use some ‘losers’ to boost up my grade. You can bring K3 to. Dont get K1, K2, or hubby. They might whoop me.
Ok
October 22, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Rads, lol, believe don’t believe, but that was actually me trying to commiserate. That’s the story of *my* life. :)
Re. metlin’s comment, I remember one particular cricket game in the back yard with Dad. We played with cork balls. Shaking his head at the fast ball I had just bowled, he said ‘you must be the fastest bowler in your class!’ And here I was, who had just missed the cut to the second-string school team…
I stuck to bowling spin to him from that time on.
BPSK
BPSK
October 22, 2007 at 3:07 pm
BPSK – argh!
OK: Anything to cheer you up! In return play chess/scrabble with me? :twisted:
sb: Sure thing. Munchkin is just amazing with her eye-hand coordination. She completely bowls us over. Exceptionally proud I am.
Sure, chess, anytime :)
Leo: ’nuff already :P Tell us how “good” you are!
metlin: I know the feeling, the son beat me a year ago in chess, and boy, we just sat and stared at the board for a few minutes before he started a whole dance around the table. Nice :)
Good stuff!
Madhu: hehe, yes :)
rads
October 22, 2007 at 3:16 pm
ohh rads. I am quite good at tennis on wii. We have these wii days in office sometimes and I kick a**. But with kids its a diff case, I don’t mind losing to them or rather letting them win. ;)
leoNYdas
October 22, 2007 at 3:47 pm
You really want to boost the little one’s self esteem? They should play with me…trust me when it comes to being bad at video games, nobodys as good as me! :-|
prestidigitator
October 22, 2007 at 7:47 pm
Rads,lol. I could give you company. I pretty much suck at any kind of game :D
Dushti
October 22, 2007 at 8:11 pm
@Metlin: Oh, I always let my dad win at chess. However, I can’t help winning at Scrabble; it just comes naturally.
cydonian
October 22, 2007 at 9:13 pm
My! Kids these days, ya know::giggle::
No, but seriously, you’d feel loads better to know that I? am the kind who runs for cover when a ball is thrown at me. Which makes you quite the champ. Have hope.
Charl
October 23, 2007 at 6:25 am
ah same old story of all great superbeings termed as “Mommy”
Giridhar Chandrasekar
October 23, 2007 at 7:28 am
Giri: What? Super? Same story? :)
Charl: Looks like it :)
Cyd: Your modesty is endearing. We oughta play one day. Scrabble.
Dushti: hehe, am sure you’re good at something ;)
Prestid: Fine motor skills get clunky with age.
leo: hehe, yea, just don’t tell them that! :)
rads
October 23, 2007 at 10:05 am
@Cydonian – I can totally believe that. So, do you play scrabble in English like the rest of us mortals or do you play it in just about any language that you fancy? :)
metlin
October 23, 2007 at 12:48 pm
Metlin: The last time I saw the words he collects, there aren’t that many letters on the board. Safe to say he has to play like us mortals ;)
rads
October 23, 2007 at 3:15 pm
Lol ! :lol:
Glad you put that in writing… hilarious. I love kids sometimes ;-)
Zhu
October 23, 2007 at 9:15 pm
LOL. We already know :P
Twisted DNA
October 24, 2007 at 10:27 pm
:D Hilarious!!!! :D
Nova
October 25, 2007 at 4:35 am
Nova: :D
Tdna: Yea yea, what do you know? :P
Zhu: “sometimes’ is the key word. :)
rads
October 25, 2007 at 8:24 am