Do as I say not as I do  Dig  

a timehonoured aggregation handed down generation to generation a deviant demand

parents own it and the brightred cherry atop that sundae one magic word 

                                                                                 BECAUSE

his face flattened was confused then puckered asif he sucked a lemon

                                                                           Because?

BECAUSE Shorthand  For Because I said 

                                             Youll recallmaybe you wont as a kid when asking why  something  when I asked a perfectly reasonable question I was often told  BECAUSE

Then parents could legitimised Because because they had fourfive six children no way in hell could they possibly entertain or know all the answers to every question their kids asked  It was a perfect short cut 

I thought it was flimsy but it was certainly worked a real game changer   

Anfor that terse abrupt reply I made damn sureas did my wife when we had children as I expected we would I expected so because I was eldest of eight taking care of children was my lot in life our children would neverEVER hear Because come out of our mouths

Not ever?

It did not

          An that was despite my parents later badgering me when kids interrupted our conversation I had them pull up hold their tongues They could be patient I found it ludicrous to have to explain to them that the kids questions outweighed our conversation

Put a pin in it Back in five

                             Anif they couldnt remember what we were discussingI remembered then it wasnt terribly important  If they couldntdidnt fuck if I was going to say

Quite a speech.

It was quite an irritation For all intents and purposes I was middle management The least they could do was throw me a bone

So you hurt yourselfyour shoulder working out?

I did

And this was shortly after your girlfriend hurt her back on a rowing machine?

Yes shes been rehabbing her back but lately shed been really pouring it on

When she was younger she was an athlete?

Yes I like to think once an athlete always an athlete

Which is nice of you to think so, though I’d suggest you know many who had been but looking at them now one wouldn’t guess they were.

Unfortunately Yes

So you frame athletics athletes subjectively.

now he had that lemony taste in his mouth

                                              Yes Id admit yare correct

Okay. We agree.

                     And you told your girlfriend she should have backed off?

I did I offered it sympathetically

Then afterwards you injured yourself . . because you didn’t back offdidn’t take your own advice?

Yes Hence do as a I say not as I do

Eating some humble pie?

I am

Why didn’t you heed your advice?

Im a sceptic  Anbeing so Im a sceptical athlete

                                                  Why wouldnt I push myself

So you didn’t injury yourself.

Not in the cards but there is that Youll get no argument from me

                                                                    Ill heal then get back up on the pony again Been doing it all my life

You and your girl sound like quite the pair. 

 

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