Neanderpundit

“Hello, this is the Gambling Problem hotline”
“Hi! uh, yeah, can you tell me if I should draw to an inside straight, or not?”
“Um, sir, I think you misunderstand the purpose of this hotline”
“I have a gambling problem! I don’t know if I should draw to an inside straight!”
“Sir, we usually just help people who need to stop gambling”
“So you don’t have anyone there who can tell me if I should draw to an inside straight?”
“No! We don’t….. Oh, hold on.”
“Mike, pick up line five”
Click.”Hello? Can I help you?”
“I need to know if I should draw to an inside straight, or not”
“yes. Absolutely”
“Thanks! Bye!”

“Mike, that was unconscionable! How could you give someone that kind of advice and then hang up?”
“He’ll be back”

With the Ogwife and Oglet the wife and I are discussing Niko Alm

The daughter is off getting something from the salad bar as the wife and I discuss Pastafarianim.

“It’s called the church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster, and adherents call themselves Pastafarians”
Just then the daughter walks up, listening to the end of the conversation with a quizzical look on her face: “How long have I been gone?”

Apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.