The fine art of one-upmanship
It starts as a simple question. Sometimes, without the intent of getting a real answer. “What are you doing this weekend?” It’s meant to make conversation…kind of like, “How are you?”
How easy it is to fall into one-upmanship mode. This is sort of how it goes:
Me: “Well, so far this morning, I’ve run, biked, lifted weights, assembled a vacuum cleaner and cleaned and exterminated the house.”
Friend: “Oh, I see. Well, I painted a bathroom and saved the lives of a puppy and a child.”
Me: “Really? Well, in addition to what I already mentioned, I restored faith in humanity and found Jimmy Hoffa.”
You can do better than that! What have you done this weekend?
June 14th, 2009 at 11:45 am
i woke up before 6, had two cups of coffee, peed 14 times, fed a stray kitty, facebooked a little, went to kroger, drove the speed limit and incurred the wrath of a car load of ladies who were late to church. ( i saw those dirty looks girls !) now i’ve put a nice beef stew in my crockpot for supper. everything is fresh so its gonna be good. listening to a goofy old cary grant/kate hepburn movie on tv. about to go do a little painting in a spare bedroom. fed the stray kitty again and threw out old bread for the birds.
June 14th, 2009 at 5:40 pm
I also helped an old lady cross the street and rescued a child from a well!
June 15th, 2009 at 9:15 am
I can run faster than a speeding locomotive…leap tall buildings in a single bound…and go head-to-head with Spuff in an eating contest. (O.k., “truthfully”, I probably couldn’t pull off the last one..lol!!)
June 15th, 2009 at 11:02 am
I killed two stones with one bird.
June 18th, 2009 at 1:01 pm
I did all that, and single handedly moved the moon 6 inches further from the earth, thus adding 50,000,000,000,000 years to the life of our planet.