Negotiations

What do you think are the long term prospects for a young gentleman who believes his morning breakfast cereal should include Bran Buds, Granola, Blueberry Pie and Macapuno and Mexican Chocolate Ice Creams?



A closer inspection of the blueberry pie in the top photo will disclose a burnt crust. Plotnik is afraid he was at fault. What happened was he was bbq'ing chicken for the night's sumptuous taco feast, when he noticed the propane had run out and the chicken was only half cooked.

Meanwhile, Ducknik had given BZ and Ben-Z their choice of pies for dessert and they had chosen blueberry. Ducknik rolled out the dough in the morning and put the pie in the oven to be finished when the chicken was finished on the bbq outside. The pie got done faster than expected, so she turned off the oven but left the pie inside to finish slowly.

You are getting the picture.

Plotnik now figured he would have to finish the chicken in the oven, but since it takes ten minutes for the broiler to get up to temperature, he took the chicken and put it in the toaster oven to bake for a few extra minutes until the oven was ready.

He turned on the oven to Broil.

Yes, he turned on the oven to Broil. With the pie in it. He didn't look into the oven, because why would you look into the oven when you look at the temperature gauge and it is at OFF?

Fifteen minutes later he smelled pie. Burnt pie. Ohmigod he said, and Ohmigod Ducknik said, but in the end it looked bad but tasted terrific. Still, Plottie owes Ducknik big time for this blunder and the currency of repayment is bound to be back rubs, even though he gives her backrubs all the time anyway.

INTERESTING SIDE ISSUE

When Ben, Duck, Plot and Cousin Brother Two Names went to Manny Ramirez Bobblehead Night in Stiletto City, they all received bobbleheads. When they got back to St. Plotniko, Plottie unwrapped his and set it in his shrine material set, next to the Pedro Guerrero doll and the Homer Simpson doll with the can of Duff Beer.

Ben gave his to BZ. Brother Two took his home. This leaves Ducknik's bobblehead.

Ben's mom called from Connecticut and in the conversation told her son she wanted a Manny Ramirez Bobblehead, since she lives in Connecticut which makes her a Red Sox fan and Manny used to play for the Red Sox. So BZ began negotiating with Ben about what it would cost him to have his bobblehead back. What do you think was the currency in which the discussion was framed?

That's right. She wanted 45 minutes of backrubs. He thought the cost excessive, since HE GIVES HER BACKRUBS ALL THE TIME ANYWAY. It's funny how this all works.

In the end Ducknik donated her bobblehead to Ben's mom and we have no idea how the backrub negotiation turned out.