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50,000 Monkeys at 50,000 Typewriters Can't Be Wrong

interlude: from a family dinner

Posted on 18 February, 2014 By Wil

Ryan and Nolan came over for dinner last night, and for the first time in far too long, I ate dinner with my entire family.

While we sat at the table and ate, Anne told us that she is thinking about getting a Mini Countryman when she pays off her Cooper S.

“I like the way it handles, and I like the extra space that it has. It sort of feels like my Mini, but there’s just more room inside,” She said.

I said, “Oh! So that means that maybe I can get the little two-seater Mini when my lease is up?”

“Isn’t that a mid-life crisis car?” Ryan said.

“No,” I said, “A mid-life crisis car is something you buy so you can drive around and try to pick up twenty year-old girls.”

Without missing a beat, Nolan said, “Oh! Can I have a mid-life crisis car? That sounds like something I could use.”

He’s twenty-two, and clearly has my sense of humor.

 

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Comments (8)

  1. Matt says:
    18 February, 2014 at 1:06 pm

    You know, you can also tell Ann the Mini Countryman just has a kick-butt 2013 season in GRC . .

    http://www.global-rallycross.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/Features-DoranFeatured2.jpg

  2. kate says:
    18 February, 2014 at 1:07 pm

    I thought they were still kids, and for one troubling minute thought you guys had split up and were living in separate households :(. Glad to hear all is well in Wheatonville!

  3. Lundie says:
    18 February, 2014 at 1:10 pm

    Love it! ๐Ÿ™‚

  4. John Godoy says:
    18 February, 2014 at 4:39 pm

    I maybe slow and not the first to notice this but your kids are named Nolan and Ryan.

  5. Terence says:
    18 February, 2014 at 6:38 pm

    Mini is great forAnne but you need a dodge Magnum, just sayin!

  6. Maureen James says:
    18 February, 2014 at 7:47 pm

    My son’s response on who he get’s his height from has always been “the mailman, because the milkman was short”. It started when he was 12 – and 6’4″. I dunno exactly where he gets gets his sense of humour from! *whistles as I aimlessly wander away*

  7. JCS in SATX says:
    19 February, 2014 at 9:16 pm

    Ohhhh, you walked right into that one! On another note, didn’t the Scalzi’s get a Mini Countryman?

  8. Amy Mahaffy says:
    21 February, 2014 at 8:11 am

    So do you call the Mini Cooper “Dr. Cooper” or just “Sheldon”?

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