Jed is 15. Fifteen year old boys are hard to wake up. They want to stay in their caves. Generally, waking Jed up goes something like this:
Me: Jed, it’s time to wake up.
Jed: …
Me: Jed. It’s tiiiiiime to waaaaaaaaake uuuuuuuuuuuup!
Jed: I KNOW!
<10 minutes passes>
Me: Jeeeeee…
Jed: I! KNOW!!!!!!!
<more time passes>
Me: JED! Get up NOW.
Jed: I’M! GETTING! UP!
I wonder if there might not be a better way…
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Friday, 20 May 11 at 8:00 |
I think the only difference between me and Jed is that as an ostensible adult I have to play both halves of that conversation
Friday, 20 May 11 at 20:03 |
Key word being “ostensible”.