Me: Look, there’s a scratch on my laptop. I think one of the cats used it as a launching pad. *shows dad the back of the monitor, i.e. the top when it’s closed*
\nDad: *scrapes at it, pokes at it*
\nMe: *watches him poke it, watches the metal of the case give a little under his finger* Don’t do that.
\nDad: *pokes it again, checking to see if I’m watching*
\nMe: You are \/so\/ too old to give me that look! *giggling helplessly*
\nDad: What look?
\nMe: *laughing harder* The one where I go ‘don’t do the thing!’ and you do the thing, and then look at me like ‘did you see me do the thing?’!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Me: Look, there’s a scratch on my laptop. I think one of the cats used it as a launching pad. *shows dad the back of the monitor, i.e. the top when it’s closed* Dad: *scrapes at it, pokes at it* Me: *watches him poke it, watches the metal of the case give a little under … Continue reading <\/span>