I'll make you a deal
The scene: Dad out of house on a secret mission. 12-year-old Boy asks Mom to play Xbox with him, knowing full well that peacemonger Mom has simply not discovered the joy that awaits her in those cheerful, loving shoot-em-up games.
Mom, who knows full well that Boy has not discovered the joy that awaits him when using 2 pointy sticks and string: "You want me to play Xbox? I want you to learn to knit. I'll make you a deal. I'll show you how to knit. You knit a few rows and I'll play Xbox with you for five minutes. For every few rows more, I'll play another 5 minutes."
Boy, with gleam in eye: "Deal."
Scene: A little while later, a few minutes into Xbox game.
Mom, who is prone to motion sickness: "Wow, these graphics move fast. It's making me dizzy. Yes, I see the machine gun over there. No, really. It's really making me dizzy. I can't do this. I'm going to puke."
Boy: "Heh heh...Do I still get to play?"
Mom: "Yeah. I need air."
Scene: Mom exits. A while later, Mom comes into living room to discover Boy on couch, knitting.
Mom: "You know I can't play that game with you, so this doesn't get you more video game time."
Boy: "Yeah, I know. But this is kind of fun. Hey, help, did I drop a stitch here? Is it true there are only two kinds of stitches to learn and I already know one of them?"
Mom: "You bet. It's all just knit and purl."
Boy: "Cool. Do you think I could make a hat?"
Mom: "Absolutely!" 
Mom, who knows full well that Boy has not discovered the joy that awaits him when using 2 pointy sticks and string: "You want me to play Xbox? I want you to learn to knit. I'll make you a deal. I'll show you how to knit. You knit a few rows and I'll play Xbox with you for five minutes. For every few rows more, I'll play another 5 minutes."
Boy, with gleam in eye: "Deal."
Scene: A little while later, a few minutes into Xbox game.Mom, who is prone to motion sickness: "Wow, these graphics move fast. It's making me dizzy. Yes, I see the machine gun over there. No, really. It's really making me dizzy. I can't do this. I'm going to puke."
Boy: "Heh heh...Do I still get to play?"
Mom: "Yeah. I need air."
Scene: Mom exits. A while later, Mom comes into living room to discover Boy on couch, knitting.
Mom: "You know I can't play that game with you, so this doesn't get you more video game time."
Boy: "Yeah, I know. But this is kind of fun. Hey, help, did I drop a stitch here? Is it true there are only two kinds of stitches to learn and I already know one of them?"
Mom: "You bet. It's all just knit and purl."
Boy: "Cool. Do you think I could make a hat?"
Mom: "Absolutely!"
posted by livnletlrn at 5:41 PM
4 Comments:
Sounds like you have just as much interest in the X-Box as I do! I think I see a hat in Jesse's future...........
That is so funny. I tried to just watch DD#3 play Sponge Bob and got seasick. Hockeyboy has knit several hats out of camoflage yarn. He doesn't knit much anymore but it was quite the obsession for awhile.
Priceless.
Terrific! I'll have to pass this on to our son (who is currently knitting himself a hat).
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