Laugh of the Week
Nov. 23rd, 2019 08:09 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
thisnewdayMy grandson Jason had two games this evening with his old club team from Eastwood in the 'Cuse. At the indoor arena where they play their winter sessions, I'd been sitting and conversing with the father of his teammate, Nick, who also attends Jason's high school and so plays on the varsity team with him as well.
Early in the first half, Nick's girlfriend arrived and took a seat in the row of bleachers just above where we were sitting. I recognized her because she's a cheerleader at the high school and had been at most, if not all, of the soccer team's home games. So I slid over a few seats so that she could talk to Nick's dad, which I'd noticed she usually did.
Although I'd immediately turned my attention back to the game, I overheard Nick's dad say to her that she really needed to tell her boyfriend to get a haircut. Which she agreed to do.
Now, being the perpetual wi$e-a$$ that I've apparently become in my old age--along with overcoming my reluctance to talk to cheerleaders--I leaned towards them and said, "As long as you're talking to Nick about getting a haircut, would you mind telling my grandson the same thing?"
Nick's dad then explained to her that I was Jason's grandfather, whereupon she laughed and said she'd do that.
After the games, which Eastwood won 4-1 and 5-4--the second one against a pretty tough U-18 team--we had just settled in the car for the ride home when Jason said to me, "Did you tell Emily to tell me that I needed a haircut."
For a second, it didn't register and I blurted out, "Who the heck is Emily?"
When he said she was Nick's girlfriend, I had to turn the car off for a minute until I stopped laughing. I'd had no idea that she even knew Jason and a less-than-zero expectation that she'd actually say anything to him.
I told him what had transpired in the bleachers and then asked him if he was gonna do what Emily had suggested. He said that, yes, he'd been thinking about it anyway. I told him he'd better or I'd be talking to her again--still laughing.
So I guess, besides providing my laugh of the week, I've also learned that just being old doesn't mean you know a damn thing about cheerleaders, lol...
LPK
Dreamwidth
11.23.2019
Early in the first half, Nick's girlfriend arrived and took a seat in the row of bleachers just above where we were sitting. I recognized her because she's a cheerleader at the high school and had been at most, if not all, of the soccer team's home games. So I slid over a few seats so that she could talk to Nick's dad, which I'd noticed she usually did.
Although I'd immediately turned my attention back to the game, I overheard Nick's dad say to her that she really needed to tell her boyfriend to get a haircut. Which she agreed to do.
Now, being the perpetual wi$e-a$$ that I've apparently become in my old age--along with overcoming my reluctance to talk to cheerleaders--I leaned towards them and said, "As long as you're talking to Nick about getting a haircut, would you mind telling my grandson the same thing?"
Nick's dad then explained to her that I was Jason's grandfather, whereupon she laughed and said she'd do that.
After the games, which Eastwood won 4-1 and 5-4--the second one against a pretty tough U-18 team--we had just settled in the car for the ride home when Jason said to me, "Did you tell Emily to tell me that I needed a haircut."
For a second, it didn't register and I blurted out, "Who the heck is Emily?"
When he said she was Nick's girlfriend, I had to turn the car off for a minute until I stopped laughing. I'd had no idea that she even knew Jason and a less-than-zero expectation that she'd actually say anything to him.
I told him what had transpired in the bleachers and then asked him if he was gonna do what Emily had suggested. He said that, yes, he'd been thinking about it anyway. I told him he'd better or I'd be talking to her again--still laughing.
So I guess, besides providing my laugh of the week, I've also learned that just being old doesn't mean you know a damn thing about cheerleaders, lol...
LPK
Dreamwidth
11.23.2019
