We try to have family movie night once a week. But since we owe about a million dollars in late fees to Blockbuster, we're limited to watching a. movies we own and have seen a thousand times or b. what we can watch on Netlix instant play (certainly c. pay fine isn't something that is practical. It's a MILLION DOLLAR FINE).
Tonight, while getting groceries for dinner at Kroger, I passed an $8 movie rack, and saw "Karate Kid" on there. I spent a good three minutes debating whether or not to buy it, but ultimately took the chance that the movie was old enough to be on Netlix, and put it back.
Sure enough, it was! Ah! The glory of the Eighties! Members Only jackets, feathered hair (even on the boys) and sythesizer music? You betcha!
Anyway, you remember the story, lovable Outsider from Newark moves to painfully hip California and gets on the wrong side of the local karate students. It's an easy mistake to make, trust me. Local karate students spend the first part of the movie beating the snot out of lovable outsider, who then must find the inner strength to get the girl and wear his feathered hair with confidence.
After one of the beatings, Joaquin began to ask me a series of questions that went something like this:
"Mamaaaaaaa? Why are the bad boys BEATING the other boy?" (when he says the word "BEATING" he crouches into a karate stance and begins to punch the air).
"Because they're bad boys. That's what bad boys do."
"Oh. Mamaaaaaaa? Why do the bad boys to things like that?"
"I don't know. Maybe because they don't want to be holy."
"Oh. Mamaaaaaaaa? Why don't they want to be holy?"
At this point, Lotus looks up from her dinner, and explains the following to Joaquin, as if it were so obvious only the most severe sort of idiot would be confused:
"They're bad boys who aren't acting holy because their parents didn't eat dinner with them. So they probably do drugs, too."
Sure enough, a few scenes later, Head Bad Boy is seen rolling a joint in the school bathroom.
Lotus might be the smartest person in our house.
4 comments:
She is so very smart. She also got the why's to stop. How amazing. I might need to borrow her.
They are all very smart; now suck it up and pay your Blockbuster bill or the very smart children will think you are not holy...
try red box rental ?? I hear it's good, never tried it myself - we are stuck with DirecTV offerings
I think our late fees alone paid for the entire renovation of the Trinity store. What cracks me up is the occasional attitude they take when they announce, "You have a $12 late fee balance." I'm like, "Yeah, pal, that's paying your Christmas bonus. Don't give me the reprimandy attitude." lol
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