The 7 Deadly Sins do Michigan

**hadassahchana**[$] · #1 07-19-2006, 11:54 PM

We all agreed to meet for breakfast at 8. I'd already called dibs on being 'Sloth', but everyone else wanted to get an early start. So, accompanied by Greed, Envy, Anger and Pride, we met Gluttony and Lust for breakfast. The waffles were great. Even if I yawned a lot.

After breakfast and a quick shopping trip, we headed off to a lake. Chip -er, Gluttony - barbecued hamburgers. At that point, we all tried to be renamed 'G;uttony'. Chip is a really good cook.

We swam. We ate watermelon. We entertained Poe. Poe wanted to entertain the birds, but we wouldn't let her.

On the way back to the hotel, #2 spotted a paintball store, so he talked Chip into taking him there. Next to the shop was a bakery. I tried to make our way past it, but...it was horrible...the bakery actually leaped out in front of us. I was forced to buy two dozen donuts in order to be able to continue our trip.

After I finished subduing the donuts and loading them into the car, ably helped by Gluttony who even selflessly sampled them to make sure they were safe for the rest of us, we went in search of the real paintball shop, since it had moved. Lassie came through once more, and soon, we were in...a gun store for teenagers. And men who still want to be teens. A shop full of Gun Lite stuff. For soldiers of misfortune, I am thinking. For #2 it was a real treat. For the 40-somethings who were obviously regulars and who were cruising the pellet guns which resembled Kalishnakovs, I just had to shake my head in amazement. The funniest thing was when the shop owner, this big tough tattooed guy wearing a 'Shoot first, tehn ask questions!' t-shirt went all mushy when Poe popped her head out of her purse. He had to tickle her, and asked how she got her name, cursed an interesting string of names about the crow, and we all agreed that she was the cutest kitten in the world. Once again, I managed to find the gun shop in the Twilight Zone.

After that, our evening was uneventful. Except, of course, for the man who balanced a lawn mower on his chin whilst having people toss lettuces into the blades, and the whiny angel who juggled a box. We made sure to be home in time to watch 'America's Got Talent'. Tonight, it was more like 'America Needs A Gong'. Brian, aka Lust, was Not Amused. However, he was a good sport. Poe bit everyone except Chip, who put her to sleep after giving her her bedtime bottle.

All in all, a normal day for the Horsemen - currently known as the 7 Deadly Sins.

**theworm**[$] · #2 07-20-2006, 12:02 AM

I needed that!

**Helen_B**[$] · #3 07-20-2006, 12:04 AM

Glad to know you are keeping up your reputations for mayhem, even if it means taking out a perfectly innocent box of doughnuts.

**hadassahchana**[$] · #4 07-20-2006, 12:23 AM

Ok, true confessiion time:

I had a brain injury moment. I was trying to figure out how many donuts I needed for everyone to have one. I sort of panicked, because no one was with me to help, so somehow I decided that a dozen wouldn't go around. And when I explained why I was having trouble figuring it out, the bakery guy just kept saying, 'Oh, just choose a few more, it won't matter if you take a few extra". He was so kind. #1 counted them after I coudn't carry the box to the car. I ended up with 30 donuts. I feel like a Canadian police force.

**taurusmoon** · #5 07-20-2006, 06:41 AM

What's 30 donuts when you have Gluttony in your entourage, eh?

phoenixx · #6 07-20-2006, 08:15 AM

mmmm donuts. what a good idea...

**pippadaisy**[$] · #7 07-20-2006, 08:28 AM

30 donuts... 7 people...

Sounds a bit on the low side. I'm just saying.

*emeleel* · #8 07-20-2006, 10:18 AM

And not just "7 people" - 5 boys and 1 man! plus one woman.

Cindy, can y'all come down here for a trip? DH would love to find a gun lite shop like that.

**taurusmoon** · #9 07-20-2006, 10:25 AM

Quote:

emeleel said

And not just "7 people" - 5 boys and 1 man! plus one woman.

D

At least we know who called dibs on the chocolate donuts.

**hadassahchana**[$] · #10 07-20-2006, 12:42 PM

Quote:

taurusmoon said

What's 30 donuts when you have Gluttony in your entourage, eh?

Company reorganization:

Chip has informed me that he now wishes to be known as Lust.

That means that Brian can be Pride.

This pushes me into Gluttony, since I am the one who bought *all* the donuts. (and yes, #2 called the choc. donuts. I'm a lemon girl, myself!)

#2 now becomes Sloth. Greed. Anger and Envy remain the same.

Chip just needed to have me make a note of these changes.

**amykhar** · #11 07-20-2006, 12:43 PM

OK. The nicknames are officially making me twitch now. I'm scampering off to another thread.

**theworm**[$] · #12 07-20-2006, 12:48 PM

can you go through the whole thing?

You're Gluttony
Chip - Lust
Brian - Pride
#2 - Sloth

That leaves 1,3 and 4
Which is what?

**hadassahchana**[$] · #13 07-21-2006, 11:29 PM

Oops, missed this one. #2 was Sloth.

#4, Envy ("But *I* want to be Sloth. Why does #2 always get to be the best thing?

)

#3, Anger. Because #2 is usually War when we have Horsemen instead of Sins.

#1 had to be Greed, just because he is good-natured and can't yell louder than his brothers.