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Planning ahead

November 2, 2016 @ 1:27 pm | Filed under: Family, These People Crack Me Up

Scott: I got you a present.

(demonstrates opening a soda can with magical doohickey)

Me: That’s genius. You’re a genius.

Scott: See, that’s what you’ll think every time you use it. ‘He was a damn genius.’

Me: …why am I thinking of you in past tense?

Scott: Because I’ll be dead.

Me: WHY WILL YOU BE DEAD?

Scott: Because you won’t need to use it until after I’m gone. Until then you’ve got me to open your sodas.

Me: Are all geniuses this morbid?

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