Quantcast
Channel: Kerry On!
Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 142

Happy Birthday, Dear Shannon!

$
0
0

 Happy Birthday, Shannon! This (true) story is for you.

THE SHARK

Opening Statements

“Hi Shannon, guess where I was this weekend?” I am on the phone with my 6-year-old niece.

“At the cottage?” She loves our cottage.

“Yep. I had a party. A bunch of my girl friends were there.”

“Did you catch any fish?”

Crap. I forgot about her fishing fascination. Think, Kerry, think. You are a lawyer. Answer truthfully and move on.

“Nope. But we swam and played games and-“

 

Cross Examination

“Weren’t they biting?” Shannon sounds skeptical.

Double crap. Think, think. Your job is to spin answers to tough questions.

“Nope, they weren’t biting.” Technically true: we weren’t giving them anything to bite.

 

In for the Kill

“Well, did you even try?” Her indignation is palpable.

The witness caves.

“No, we didn’t. We didn’t fish.”

Schooled, Counselor.

Keeper (but we threw him back) Fish fry! Early catch Learning the finer points from Uncle Matt Fishing at age 3 1/2 ... Sunset fishing

Viewing all articles
Browse latest Browse all 142

Trending Articles