Last night, I held a pretty decent speech to Son, about owning up to things. About how it takes more courage to stand up and confess a mistake than it takes to … do something else. I can’t remember what the other stuff was, but it was something very macho, and tough, like to do a jedi jump.
I went on a good ten minutes about the importance of being a great loser, and then of course, told him how, at the Olympics, all the players had to walk through the mixed zone and talk about the loss they had just been delivered.
And for good measure, I threw in Henrik Lundqvist’s name because I know it carries some major weight around here. So, if Henke Lundqvist can come ut and talk to the press right after he’s faced four shots and made just one save in one period in an Olympic quarterfinal, then Son can surely muster up some courage to tell me who it really was that spilled that glass of orange juice onto the carpet.
Right?
Great losers aren’t born. They’re made.
Heh, nice touch to bring Henke Lundqvist up as a loser!
You may never find out who the culprit was. My daughter and son, both law enforcement officers now, have yet to confess as to who put the safety pin in the electrical socket and burned the plastic plate when they were 10 and 8. Every year they say they will tell me on my birthday, but then change their minds and laugh. I feel like Charlie Brown when Lucy pulls the football from under him:)
FLASH! Fourth Stieg Larsson novel found!
"The Mystery of the Spilled Juice" to be released in July.
Nice try, Father.
About the orange juice incident, you may never know. It reminds me of the time when someone messed up the bathroom very badly, and my sister and I were the most likely culprits at hand. Two decades later we still don’t know whodunnit, and believe me, it was MUCH WORSE than orange juice spilled on the carpet (which must have been bad, from what I guess).
Risto, I LOVE this. I’m forwarding it to my kids!!!!
Thanks,
Jack