by Richard
It’s a very strange thing to hear someone say you said something smart and you don’t even remember it. Of course, I’ll always take the compliment and start preening. Inside, of course. Bald doesn’t preen well.
Anyway.
My brother-in-law and his wife and two boys were at the house for a week after Christmas. The little dudes are 4 and 6, which means that adults can often be counted upon to pour their drinks.
So I was in the kitchen pouring some Juicy Juice (to which Speed Racer has now become addicted) for the youngest little cousin dude and I, without thinking (as I do so many things), poured him about a fourth of a cup. My sister-in-law, let’s call her Blondie, happened to be in the kitchen at the same time and watched me pour.
“Only pour as much as you want to clean up,” she said. I thought that sounded pretty profound. Turns out I was right. “You taught me that,” Blondie continued.
I was quietly flabbergasted. I couldn’t even remember having said anything like that. I can be profound. Who knew?
On further thought, I realized that saying could apply to a lot of things. Basically it’s talking about peering into the misty future and trying to foresee the natural consequences of your actions.
Say you put your cup near the edge of a table and there’s little dudes around. What are the odds that cup is going to hit the ground? I know it’s not realistic, but I’m thinking that the odds increase drastically if there’s nice white carpet under that fruit punch. Maybe it just feels that way.
I’m thinking it might even be a good idea to remember that one for the future, no pun intended.
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