November 15, 2006

Losers

While running errands today, the girls and I went to Target. Outside, there were about ten boys lined up behind a poster board that said, "Play Station 3 Line Starts Here". They had laptops, beverages, food, chairs. . . in fact, one of them even brought an unholstered wing chair for the occassion. He must have been the big deal, because he was at the front of the line in his wing chair.

While we were walking past them, Big I asked me, "Mommy, why are those boys all sitting there like that?"

"Well, Big I, it’s because they really really really don’t want to EVER have a girlfriend. That’s why." I said it loud enough for them to hear, and one of them actually laughed in a good-natured way. And then I said, "You do realize it doesn’t come out for like two more days. How will you even go to the bathroom?"

I didn’t wait around for their answer. I wonder if they thought about that before they started their vigil for the PS3.

I think they’re losers, but then again, they’ll be losers with a brand spanking new Play Station 3. (I wonder if I could get one of them to stand in line for a Wii for me?).