Last week Kevin posted My New Favorite Flag. I went over to have dinner and watch a DVD with son James recently. The Gadsden Flag on his living room wall reminded me of Kevin's post so I told him, "There is a variation of that flag now. I saw it on a blog yesterday."
"Oh?", James said. James has a strong tendency toward cynicism and I could hear it in his voice this time.
I figured I would be able to put a little bit of a crack that cynical wall he puts up sometimes and so I described the flag to him, "Instead of the snake just being coiled it's in the middle of a strike with the fangs bared. And instead of 'Don't Tread On Me' it says, 'Times Up'". I'm sure I had a smirk on my face. That should break through I thought.
He didn't even look at me. He just sighed and asked, "And where is there any evidence of anyone doing something about it being 'times up'?"
"Let's watch our show now", I told him.