I am always ecstatic when someone decides to join the BHO, but I think when James agreed to join I was happier than ever. The reason for this is that ever since we started all this I have been trying to get him involved, and he has always said no. There was never any deliberation, it was just a no, plain and simple. I have been bugging him for almost a year to join and it was only this last week that I finally wore him down, and he agreed!
I know what you're thinking. You've taken one look at the above image and you think he should still be suckling at his mother's teat. Well, you'd be wrong. He is my nephew, my son's best friend and he is actually twelve years old, honest. He's a pretty typical young lad, he loves gaming, loves dodgy Japanese comics that you have to read backwards, he has a pretty strong Justin Bieber infatuation and he can put away chicken nuggets better than anyone I have ever met, and that's including Neil, aka The Hefty Sewer Hippo, aka James's dad. If you were able to zoom out on the above picture you would see that he is pretty much the double of South Park's Eric Caartman, or Chunk from the Goonies. He's also a short little thing, but this completes the package. Every time I see him, I just want to get a big cuddle from this human Care Bear. This however, causes it's own problems. He's not the biggest fan of people invading his personal space, and invading people's personal space is pretty much etched into my DNA, so I'm pretty sure there has been many times where he has wanted to punch me square in the face. But he doesn't because he's a good'un.
When it comes to Yahtzee, I honestly have no idea whether he's good, bad or just plain awful. Like I said, until now, I couldn't even get him to play a friendly. At the time of writing, his mum, Claire, is currently showing him the ropes. She reports that he has picked up the rules pretty quickly. This is hardly a surprise. These young people today are raised on complex video games, so a game like Yahtzee should prove no trouble at all. But, I do have my concerns. James approaches all extra curricular activities; with absolute blistering, unadulterated enthusiasm... for about a week. Then they get distracted by something else, then they are addictively enthusiastic about that... for about a week. But we'll see. I do hope to make a small post on wee James's journey to learn the divine game of Yahtzee, his highs, his lows and his Uncy Bush like tantrums. But we'll see.
James, my favourite Oompa Loompa, it is great to have you finally getting involved, I have been waiting for this for a long time. But don't be getting any funny Ideas, you will NOT be part of the seventy percent of players in our Faction that can whoop my ample behind. So get that idea out of your head. Right now!
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