It's dark in here

A woman takes a lover during the day, while her husband is at work.

One day, her 9-year-old son hides in the closet during one of her romps. Her husband comes home unexpectedly, so she hides the lover in the closet.

The little boy says, “it’s dark in here.”

The man whispers, “yes, it is.”

“I have a baseball,” the boy responds.
 
“That’s nice.”

“Want to buy it?”

“No, thanks.”

“My dad’s outside.”

“Okay, how much?”

“$250.”

 
In the next few weeks, it happens again that the boy and the mom’s lover end up in the closet together.

“It’s dark in here,” the boy begins.
 
“Yes, it is.”
 
“I have a baseball glove.”
 
The man thinks about the last time they were in the closet together, and decided to cut to the chase — “How much?”
 
“$750.”
 
“Fine.”

 
A few days later, the father says to the boy, “grab your ball and glove. Let’s go outside and play some catch!”
 
“I can’t. I sold them.”
 
“How much did you sell them for?”
 
“$1,000,” the boy replies, smilingly widely.
 
His father responds, “it’s terrible to overcharge your friends like that. That’s way more than those two things cost. I’m going to take you to church to confess.”

 
The two go to church, and the boy’s father escorts him to the confession booth. Once inside, the boy states, “it’s dark in here.”
 
The priest replies, “don’t start that crap again!”

LEGO letter to parents in the 1970s

Verbs, Adjectives, and Nouns

The joy of blogging for me is the scintillating engagement with readers.

It's a two way street.


It's the adjective silly! Never the noun.


When I wrote the above post, I was feeling  quite smug until a girl with the cutest dimples put me in my place at another post months later:

"Without the verb, how do you get the adjective?"

Her comment showed she had a deeper understanding than me.

She is right. Without the action to verify, how do we make an assessment to derive the adjective?


When someone says "Stop speculation", it's a loaded statement based on bias. Which rendered it quite meaningless for its not advice but accusation...

As if investing is always the right thing to do? For all people? In all circumstances? Just ask those people we know who lost money "investing".


Again it's the adjective that matters - whether you are good at or lousy at what you do.

And that adjective comes from your past actions and track record.


If you are wondering should you continue what you are currently doing, who else better to remove the bell round your neck than the same person who tied it there in the first place?