Bearclaws and such
I was walking down the street the other day and saw a little kid repeatedly punching his father in the crotch. The father protested feebly but the little kid could not be deterred from landing haymakers on his dad’s apparatus. I had a good laugh at that. I enjoyed it so much that I followed them around for a while snickering to myself.
Fast forward to today. My uncle took me and my nephews out to a fancy seafood restaurant in Seoul. During grace my nephews started to whack each other in the crotch. I was all, “what are you doing that for?” And they were all, “it’s the ‘bearclaw’ technique!” I guess it’s something they learned in Taekwondo class.
Later that afternoon I was hanging around my sister’s apartment. I got up to get a drink of water when this happened:
That’s my namesake nephew applying the Bearclaw technique to his dear old uncle. The little scamp. I guess this is what is sometimes referred to as “just desserts”.
Speaking of dessert, I forgot to mention that the aforementioned fancy restaurant had freshly baked madelines in the dessert table. Madelines please me much more than Bearclaws.
June 27th, 2008 at 4:03 pm
Teddy, you are TOO hilarious and mischievous!! I miss you! Get yourself back here, mister!
June 27th, 2008 at 5:01 pm
dang, this was hilarious! i can’t handle the irony/poetic justice/whatever it is. but YOU certainly don’t deserve a bear claw. we miss you here in muggy MN and can’t wait to see you again!
June 27th, 2008 at 9:04 pm
hahaha. your posts are hilarious. lets get some eats when you get back to L.A. Say hi to the family.
July 1st, 2008 at 3:33 pm
i am shaking with laughter. teddy you are a master comedy writer. and advice giver… : ) hope you’re kicking jet-lag to the curb!
July 18th, 2008 at 2:41 am
whoa! your hair…!! i guess there’s no more time spent on figuring out the best way to part it, huh?