The week before Christmas Ray and I had dinner with my family at Artz Rib House. We waited awhile to get seated (who knew Artz is the place to be on a Sunday night?), but the food and music were worth the wait. A half order of ribs is enough for two, although I can certainly eat a full order solo.
Halfway through dinner, Dad starts asking about how the move is going, if we have enough stuff for the house, etc. I tell him we have all of the furniture/appliances in, except for the tv because we still have one of those old school box tv's, you know, the kind that were looted in Police Academy 4. My dad leans across the table and shouts over the bluegrass, "Do you want my old tv?"
"Sure," I said, really thinking, "SCORE!" - My dad is having a 60 year old crisis, where instead of buying a sports car, he upgrades every piece of electronic equipment quarterly, so the 46" Sony LCD HDtv was replaced with an even bigger plasma tv. Ray and I look at each other, trying to hide our excitement till the end of dinner. We get into my car, high-five and start doing the "we got a free tv dance", Ray looks at the back of my car and says, "I hope we have the room."
We drive all the way S. BFE to my parents' house. My dad tells Ray to come upstairs to help move the tv - the "outdated" LCD tv was demoted to my brother's old room. We follow him upstairs. WHAT?! Why is he looking at the 32" analog box tv sitting pathetically in the hallway? I give Ray a look that says, he's pulling our leg - he likes to play corny jokes like that, just play along. So I humor Dad and say, "awesome, yeah, we'll take that tv to the new house...hey, show Ray your new computer."
30 minutes after painfully watching my Dad trying to navigate between programs and listening to him serenade us with Jason Mraz's "I'm Yours" while dancing in his seat, giving him multiple opportunities to reveal his "joke", I finally say, "So, we probably should get going, you're giving us that tv right?" pointing to the flat screen.
"Oh," says Dad. "You can have that one when I get a new tv to replace the one downstairs. But you can take the one in the hallway. We need to get rid of it."
2009 New Years Resolution
1. Don't Count My Chickens Before They Hatch
2. Buy a tv...any suggestions?
4 comments:
I like your dad, he's funny! We love our Samsung LCD, got it at Best Buy last year.
Did you end up taking it anyway, or just say no thank you? Circuit City is going out of business...
We said no thank you. We're hoping to get a new one in the next couple weeks...I bet Circuit City will have some good sales.
My comments keep not posting!
I said I love that story, but sorry about that!
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