{"id":491,"date":"2015-05-31T09:04:56","date_gmt":"2015-05-31T14:04:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/?p=491"},"modified":"2015-05-31T09:12:50","modified_gmt":"2015-05-31T14:12:50","slug":"because-its-fun","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.monkeyinfinitum.com\/gwumpastories\/2015\/05\/31\/because-its-fun\/","title":{"rendered":"Because it’s fun"},"content":{"rendered":"

Someday I’ll regret answering the grandboy with the answer “Because it’s fun” when i can’t be bothered to provide a proper answer.<\/p>\n

Karma’s gonna have fun then \ud83d\ude1b<\/p>\n

\n

“Why you wiping the table, gwumpa?”<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/span>“Because the table is wet.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
“Why the table is wet, gwumpa?”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
“Because I spilled my coffee.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
“Why, why why you spill coffee?”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
“I don’t know. I was clumsy.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
“Why you clumsy gwumpa?”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
(I’ve used the “Because I’m old” argument in the past and was in a mood)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
“Because it’s fun.”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
“Ahhhh ok, ok gwumpa”<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n
(I saw this being filed away for future reference and my karma-sense kicked into full tilt)<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n
\n

Photo credit:\u00a0Some rights reserved<\/a> by thriol<\/a><\/p>\n

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