Yikes, mortal wounds, too, Stephen?
Who needs the alphabet when youve got fast fingers on the monitor?
Doug
On 2011-07-05, at 7:59 PM, Stephen Vincent wrote:
> I take Little Luke, my 3.5 year old grandson
> into an art Gallery. Someone has made an
> elegant lettered depiction of the Vowels.
> Each black letter is back grounded by a fierce red.
> Little Luke and the Gallery owner have just finished
> an intense discussion about the characters & judo like moves
> in Mortal Combat, a video game I have never played.
> I don't even play video games.
> "A-E-I-O-U plus sometimes Y" I point at the letters and chant.
> "Can you say that, Luke?"
> "No." He points at the red paint. "Mortal Combat, Mortal Combat."
> "Come on Luke. Repeat after me!"
> "No. Mortal Combat. Mortal Combat. End of Story. End of Story."
> Ah, well, the defeated grandfather, he is, I am, indeed
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