Overheard in Best Buy

This time of year means crazed shoppers and angry moms looking for ps3. If you're smart, you'll run like hell in the opposite direction of any mall.

But I found a little humor in it this weekend. While in line at Best Buy, holding NCAA Football '07 for my brother, a pregnant woman about five people ahead of me was inspecting the candy options hanging from the side of one of the registers. A little girl and her father were in line behind the woman, and the little girl bounced in front of her somewhat rudely.

The father sternly called the little girl back over to him and bent down on one knee, "now, this is something important you need to understand," he said, "never, ever get in between a pregnant woman and a bar of chocolate."

The little girl nodded like she had some comprehension of this statement and then bounded off in the opposite direction. I'm glad that I got to overhear a father departing such sage [ridiculous!] wisdom to his child.