So I'm sitting here minding my own business and Son Number One challenges me to a 2 player game of Super Mario Bros. This is the first video game he ever played and I'm the one who showed him how. About 8 or 9 years ago I hooked up our old NES to an upstairs TV and showed him how to move the guy around and jump. He could not get past the first pit; no matter what he did he kept jumping at the wrong time and falling in. I came home from work the next day and he'd been playing for hours. The rest is history.
So this time around I watched him play for about 20 minutes before he lost his first guy. I gave it my best shot and scored about 23,00 points with my 3 lives. As I write this, it's a hour later and he is a few feet behind me, still playing the same game, and on his way past 600,000 points.
I need to teach him how to respect his elders.
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"I need to teach him how to respect his elders."
That's no easy task. :) I hope you're up to the challenge!
Is thrashing your ageing father at a computer game the modern equivalent of the squire earning his spurs?
Three cheers for Scriptorius Rex Jr I say! The boy has shown that he is a worthy Heir Apparent to the dynasty Scriptorius.
Just watch your back Scriptorius Sr!
Actually, the other day we were walking around Woodland Park Zoo and we noticed he's only a couple of inches shorter than me. He asked me if I'll be upset when he grows taller than me. I looked at him and said, "The son is supposed to surpass the father."
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