What once was boys against girls, now is men vs women

Whaddya wanna play?

Said while looking at the Dad...knowing that games and devotions are always at odds...and never the twane shall meet...but still we ask...

Wanna play a game?

I think the Dad was so tired by this point in the weekend, he acquiesced quite quickly...

and before he could change his mind...we rattle off some suggestions keeping in mind that there are some games dads just don't play...and there are others that the mums don't play with dads...and there are others that andi always wins...while others still that girls just don't see the fun in (Axis and Allies...who cares, it ended, get over WW2 already)...so the selection can be quite small after all these factors are taken into account...

How bout Trivial Pursuit?

now I don't remember who put this one out there, but it was a stroke of pure genius, for, if there was any game that a Dad would stay and play, it would be have to be Trivial...and of course the pursuit to follow it.

Honing in on the Dad's longstanding interest my sister then asks, "which version should we play"...oh no, not another vanilla coke, pepsi-lime, golden oreo's....where is the original when you need it, the plan to entice one father almost imploded before the game ever really began, for if there is one thing, the Dad doesn't do, is mess with the tried and true...and so off I went hunting for THE trivial pursuit, only to find, The Lord of the Rings version, the in-pursuit version, or the millennium version...

but once again, the Dad surprises, he still wants to play...and this is alittle of how the millennium went...


"What is the most common sir name in the United states starting with D?" mums reads to the MEN

"The sir name is the last name right?" the bro-in-law clarifies...my mother chimes in, "given would be your first, sir would be the family name".
"mum don't help them." my sister interjects...

but then the dad says, "Dagwood!" there was a moment...it struck the women funny I couldn't stop laughing, all i could think of was comics for some reason...I still wonder where dagwood came from..."Dickson?" my bro-in-law chimed in...
"Drurell!" the Dad again. "Dick?" my bro-in law returned
They settled on Dickson...it sounded less mennonite...but no, it was Davis...which ended up being even funnier cause that's Dad's best friends last name...basically I was crying...

"What country in Africa was named after their famed elephant tusks?" the dad asked...

"Kenya!" I am so sure cause of all the safari's seriously Kenya is Swahili for tusk...deep down I know this is true...the dad has other reasons for thinking this one could be true, he cracks, "Ken-ya pass me my tusks?" for some reason this is hilarious and once more I am crying...
"Congo?" mums suggests, this sound equally good to me...but no, it was the Ivory Coast...who knew, the millennium edition has no imagination what so ever...in the real version of Trivial the answer would have been Mali or something no one could have guessed...the real version wouldn't have asked such a dumb question to begin with...

anyway

those were just some of the trivial moments we shared, the dad and bro in law capturing the title of winning gender by the end of the night...

despite being wrong, I still think that Grizzlies are the largest bear, no matter what Elijah says...
and yes, I did know that Tom Hanks said, "Baseball isn't for crybabies." in A League of Their Own...because i watch movies and I'm smart like that...now if bears talked I am sure I would find them more interesting and learn more about them...

thanks mum and dad for the trip...I loved every minute...even the loosing ones...