the turtle trick

An excerpt from tomorrow's GiR:

"Wil," he said, "you have to jump over the chain of fire and onto the top of the box."

"Listen here, sonny," I said, in my best Very Grumpy Old Man voice, "I was playing this game when you were in short pants!"

"Yeah," he said, "so was I."

I jumped over the chain of fire, and onto the top of the box. I paused the game, and laughed for several minutes.

"That's funny," I said, "because it's true."

I played a lot of Super Mario Bros. when I was a kid, and it's just as much fun now, with my own kid, as it was then.