Last night, around 8:00 PM, Erin asked Laureen to join her in her bedroom for a game. Laureen told Erin that they could play for 10 minutes, and then Erin had to get ready for bed. As they rounded the corner to Erin's bedroom, Laur turned back to me and said, "Let me know when ten minutes have passed." Then, she disappeared around the corner.
"Speed" with Sandra Bullock and Keanu Reeves was on the television, and I watched the scene where the police bring a flat-bed trailer up alongside the bus to try and unload the passengers until it was time to update Laur. Right about the time that Dennis Hopper blew up the stairwell on the bus killing a woman, I shouted out to Laureen,
"10 MINUTES ARE UP!!"
At this point, Erin and Laur came running out of Erin's room and Erin ran to the bathroom to get ready for bed. That is when I had my brilliant idea... figuring it would surely make Erin laugh, I decided that I would continue to announce the elapsed time, on the minute, until Erin went to bed. So, shortly thereafter, I shouted,
"11 MINUTES ARE UP!!"
"I know Dadoo, and I'm already getting ready for bed," came Erin's reply.
Sixty seconds later,
"12 MINUTES ARE UP!!"
"Thank you Dadoo. I know. I'm getting ready for bed already."
"13 MINUTES ARE UP!!"
"UGHHH! I KNOW DADOO! I'M BRUSHING MY TEETH WITH MOMMY!!"
"14 MINUTES ARE UP!!"
I heard a little frustrated shreik, and then her little Stewie Griffin footsteps as she motored around through the kitchen and dining room, into the living room where I was sitting. Stopping right and front of me, a wry little smile spread across her face as she said,
"I know Dadoo. Thanks, but you already said that, like, 20 times already."
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