It's morning and a quiet babbling can be heard through the baby monitor. Eventually it gets louder and Dad goes in to check it out.
Dad: "What's all the hubbub bub?"
Bill: "We're planning a heist."
Dad: "We?"
Bill: "Yeah. Me and my gang. My enforcer and right hand man Foxy Fox. My driver and lookout Doggy Dog. And Moosey Moose, my accountant."
Dad: "Moosey Moose is your accountant?"
Bill: "Of course. His real name is Moishe Moose Epstein. He tallies up the loot and keeps The Man off our backs. You gotta have an accountant if you are going to have a big time organization."
Dad: "I suppose that makes sense, but it sounded like there was a little trouble on the monitor. What's wrong?"
Bill: "Yeah well there was a little disagreement on the next job. I wanted to go after the cookie stash on the fridge but Doggy Dog thought we should set our sights on the remote control."
Dad: "Did you guys do a list of pros and cons?"
Bill: "Not as such. Doggy Dog got a little pushy with me and Foxy jumped in and said he would cut him if he didn't back off."
Dad: "Whoa! That's a little violent!"
Bill: "Yeah. Doggy and Foxy have been binge watching The Wire on Netflix. That's why Doggy wants the remote in the first place."
Dad: "Well we won't be having any more of that! I'll get you some cookies, Bill, but I'm blocking the Netflix account!"
Dad goes off to get cookies.
Bill: "Wow. It worked."
Moosey Moose: "I told you it would. Parents are silly. The Wire isn't on Netflix. Besides, there aren't even any Muppets on that show. DISINTERESTED! "
Foxy Fox: "Yeah. We'll probably get to watch double the amount of Sesame Street now to 'deprogram' us."
Bill: "Well it would have been nice to have the remote so we could skip the stupid Abby's Flying Fairy School segments, but we got what we wanted."
Doggy Dog: "Say, doesn't your dad have a remote control app on his phone?"
Bill: "Gentlemen... we have work to do."

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