Yesterday’s corner time: 3 Minutes.
Nanna has bought me a Superman costume, giving me delusions of grandeur. I now only answer to Superman or alternatively, from close friends and other superheroes, Supey.
I’m hoping that my latest incarnation as the Man of Steel will help to impress Emily. However, I don’t think the outfit by itself will be enough. I think I’ll need to do some heroic stuff too to really clinch it.
I’ve been practicing at home. The first hurdle was finding a damsel in distress that wouldn’t mind being in distress until I could perfect my rescues. I looked around everywhere: under the sofa, behind the curtains and in the garden but I couldn’t find a damsel anywhere.
Eventually, I resigned myself to having to use Becca. Unfortunately, she wasn’t in distress but that could easily be remedied.
I rigged up a large catapult like device, placed Becca into the sling and fired her across the garden.
As she flew through the air, I screamed out “Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s Superman!” at which point I realized that it should have been me that did the flying and not the damsel.
Faster than a speeding bullet, I ran to where Becca’s feet were protruding from the hedge. She definitely appeared to be distressed now. Perfect.
I stood and postured for a while with chest thrust forward and hands on hips pronouncing “Do not fear, Superman is here!” before finally dragging her out of the bush.
This flawed experiment certainly helped to reinforce the importance of practice. Just imagine if I had made such a rudimentary mistake with Emily. I think even Superman may have struggled to save our relationship then.
Matthew.
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3 comments:
If you don't mind an older woman and a Yank, Abby is 4 and also spends much time in her corner. She likes to save the world with tae kwon do.
Hi Matthew,
Love reading about your adventures (from a safe distance..!) - you certainly seem to have a good grasp of the complexities of life.
This bodes very well for the future, and I'm delighted you have such high ambitions as to be Superman - this will complement perfectly someone of Emily's callibre - she will be bowled over......!
Hey Miss Britt, I guess that's a cross that we Superheros just have to bear.!
Mom of Three, I'm generally not too fussy. I certainly like women with experience and being American would make her quite exotic. The Tae Kwon Do is worrying though as she could probably beat me up.
Emily's Granny, Ignore my comments above, Emily's the only girl for me!
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