The African Queen........

[chowmama]

3. My stepson was over once when it was on.

This was some time ago - he wasn't quite a teenager, but was starting to practice for the event. (He's got a kid the same age, now.) His dad was taking him someplace, but had some things to do first.

So he came into the living room, saw what was on, and released his opinion of black-and-white movies. "What is this, the Stone Age?" But he perched on the arm of a chair, sighing and rolling his eyes for all he was worth. Time went by. His butt slid down off the arm and he was crosswise in the chair, watching. Leeches. Nazis. Rapids. Torpedoes.

By the time DH came in, he was no longer crosswise, and the nooses had come out. DH said "Ok, let's get going."

"Noooooo!!! I mean, we can wait. It's almost over."

We waited.