Monday, September 30, 2013
Where have those hands been?
I'm so proud of myself... "Somebody has to be..." The other day, I did something incredibly wonderful for my son... "We'll be the judge of that..." Yes, I reattached a hand. "Oh god, poor kid! What happened? Did an alligator grab hold of him? A crocodile?! -- how do you tell the two apart?" Relax, it was nothing like that... "I didn't know you were a surgeon. Did you take online courses? Do you ever gag in the operating room?" Well, no, actually, I -- "You think you could do some slicing and dicing, take a few inches off my waist?" Just to clarify, I reattached a bobblehead's hand. Not my my kid's... "A what?" You know, those collectible figures with big heads that bobble back and forth... "Are you sure you're not talking about Hollywood celebrities at a sobriety checkpoint?" The bobblehead's hand broke off one day, so I used a type of super, super glue and it worked... I should know -- that little hand got stuck to my hand! For awhile there, I had an extra digit... I pulled and tugged and nothing happened. I was convinced I'd have to have it surgically removed... "The bobblehead's hand, you mean..." Yes. Anyway, my son was so proud of me when I fixed the bobblehead -- it was all worth it. I've never seen him so happy... "I have -- whenever you're not home." This all reminds me of when I worked on model cars and airplanes as a kid. Admittedly, I'd get upset trying to hold the tiny parts with my fingers... "Did you ever consider tweezers?" And I always ended up with all these extra parts that I didn't know what to do with... "I'm glad you're not my surgeon -- you have anger issues." I wasn't very patient as a kid, as you can tell... "Oh, there's a lot I can tell, believe me..." Can we talk more about this later? I find it therapeutic to talk about my childhood hobbies... "Uh, much later." Great. How about tomorrow, right around this time... "Oooh, I can't wait -- actually, I can, for a very long time..." So what are you saying? "Don't call me, I'll call you..."
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