“Why do you always make ‘the Darius character’ look bad, Dad?”
“Why do you ask, Darius?” I replied.
“People will think that the only thing I can do is lose things.”
“Well - you did leave your shoes in Iceland..”
“Dad…”
“And you mobile phone and the pillow and..”
“Please make Melika the star of this episode.”
“Sounds fair to me,” I replied. “I’ve just finished a telephone conversations which may provide material,” I thought. Melika had volunteered information:
“Darius is helping me with economic advice, Dad.”
“Really? How is it going?”
“It is very complicated, Dad…”
“You’re a lawyer, Melika. You revel in complication.”
“I know, Dad. But, as a first step, I like to simplify things.”
“I see.”
“I think Darius is saying that the general idea is to try to arrange it so that, eh, I spend less each month than I earn.”
“What a unique idea.”
“Unique and implausible, Dad.”
“I agree that it would be a life-style altering approach for you, Melika.”
“That what I told him, Dad: I was like, ‘Get real, Dar.’ I'm not sure that he appreciated it. I mean, I am practical, Dad, but…”
“Practical, Melika? You got a dog.”
“Why do you ask, Darius?” I replied.
“People will think that the only thing I can do is lose things.”
“Well - you did leave your shoes in Iceland..”
“Dad…”
“And you mobile phone and the pillow and..”
“Please make Melika the star of this episode.”
“Sounds fair to me,” I replied. “I’ve just finished a telephone conversations which may provide material,” I thought. Melika had volunteered information:
“Darius is helping me with economic advice, Dad.”
“Really? How is it going?”
“It is very complicated, Dad…”
“You’re a lawyer, Melika. You revel in complication.”
“I know, Dad. But, as a first step, I like to simplify things.”
“I see.”
“I think Darius is saying that the general idea is to try to arrange it so that, eh, I spend less each month than I earn.”
“What a unique idea.”
“Unique and implausible, Dad.”
“I agree that it would be a life-style altering approach for you, Melika.”
“That what I told him, Dad: I was like, ‘Get real, Dar.’ I'm not sure that he appreciated it. I mean, I am practical, Dad, but…”
“Practical, Melika? You got a dog.”
2 comments:
Where's the Melika character's bassoon? :-)
I don't know Dad, you certainly seem to think I'm the practical one when you need someone to investigate your case of stolen identity or an immediate shipment of Splenda to Switzerland...
And Dar, Dad only posts beautiful pictures of me on his blog or I cutoff his Splenda supply
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