“Ready. Set. Go.”
“I’m not ready!”
“Better get set, then, because you’re going anyway.”
“It’s not fair!!!”
“Really? You’re going to play the ‘unfair’ card?”
“It’s true! It isn’t fair, I tell you.”
“Maybe not, but it’s time to go.”
“I’m not ready!”
“Come on, get a move on.”
“I didn’t have time to get set!”
“You had plenty of time!”
“Sez you!”
“Sez the clock — the clock that said, ‘Ready. Set. Go’ about a minute ago.”
“I don’t wanna!”
“GO!”
“Fine. I’m going, I’m going.”
And wouldn’t you know it, he had the time of his life and talked about how wonderful that day had been, for the next 53 years.
Ready — Set — Go!
