At least his baby sister is more receptive to my talents, writes Séamas O’Reilly
Last modified on Sun 10 Mar 2024 11.47 CETurn on Séamas mode,’ my son said as we were walking home this week. He said this with the same listless mien with which he commands our smart speaker. This is precisely how he sees me in such moments: an inanimate funnel of content, a servile jester he can request at any time.
As a professional humorist, I’ve honed the skills to wring laughs from you, my adoring readers; but this is as naught to my son At six, however, my son is too sophisticated for such trifles. His taste runs to studied and nuanced character work, and Séamas is his favourite. I probably couldn’t make you laugh by earnestly insisting that the correct term for chips is ‘chumblers’, and getting more and more incensed as I’m told it’s not a word. But with my son – it kills.
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