Irreconcilable differences
Posted on June 26, 2007 @ 8:38 am
No matter how compelling an argument I advance, my wife simply refuses to concede that an air hockey table is not only more affordable than an expensive dining room table, but also superior in just about every way possible. “Imagine when you ask me to pass the salt,” I suggest, “and it comes gliding gently across the table on a cushion of air. How is that not better than your fancy walnut-stained, polyurethane finish?” No dice.
Why do I get the feeling that my plan to substitute a Galaga arcade machine in place of the proposed china cabinet isn’t going to fare any better?
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My dad is a packrat and just loves neat stuff. I suppose this is where I get the aforementioned prediliction. I grew up with an air hockey table in our house. (He got it for dirt cheap at an auction somewhere). And I must say, it increased my quality of life tenfold. I can’t imagine how I would have grown up had I been deprived of such luxury.
That being said, the idea of using it as a dinner table is pure genius, and I think you should fight almost to the dissolve of your marraige to have such a thing.
That being said, the idea of using it as a dinner table is pure genius, and I think you should fight almost to the dissolve of your marriage to have such a thing.
I agree. Some things are just worth fighting for on principle.
I’m sorry but I can’t really empathize.
My girlfriend bought a hot naked-lady poster and put it up in our living room without any prodding.
That is the most brilliant idea I’ve heard come out of anyone in a very long time. I mean, who really NEEDS a nice, fancy table, when one that creates a cushion of air underneath anything set upon it would be superior? Try sliding the salt across a fancy table and you’ll just get yelled at for scratching the finish or something. Trust me, I’ve tried it.
Don’t let the things you own start to own you.