March 06, 2007

"No crossword puzzles for a month, young man!"

My son and I are watching The Suite Life of Zack and Cody. In this episode, one of the twin brothers, Cody, is in the spelling bee, and his rival is the big bully who's threatening the other brother, Zack, for not repaying a debt. The bully is willing to forgive the debt if Zack can persuade Cody to deliberately lose the bee. Eventually, the parents all find out what the kids have been up to, and the bully's dad is outraged that his son would attempt to muddle the purity of a spelling bee. That calls for serious punishment, of course: "No crossword puzzles for a month, young man!" Oh, the horror, the horror.