Post Supper Showdown

Post supper in the Lanigan household usually consists of the following:

Shock and awe from our children that dishes need to be cleared from the table.  This is somehow a completely stuning revelation every night.  How as parents, could we not understand that we should just be thankful that we have the incredible privilege to make them supper each and every night.   Like come on. This results in an extremely quick revelation by our children that they are about to be sold to gypsies, which is going to be followed by a huge party they are not invited to, the conversation typically turns to whining:

"Dad, like, you ask us EVERY DAY.  So not fair. 
"I already got out of the van and walked in the house after school and now this?"
"I am not touching Caedyn's plate there are boogers on it."
"My hands are cramping."
"I have to go poo."

To combat the gong show.  We came up with a trivia game.  With the winner recieving the golden "I am so awesome card."  Which apparently is a very popular ticket because it means you don't have to do dishes.  We have 5 rounds.  Winner is the one with the most points after the five rounds.  Each round, the kidlets get to choose a 1 point, 2 point or 3 point question.  1 being easy and 3 being like "super hard."  We allow for steals after a wrong answer.  If another kid gets the answer right on a steal, they recieve half of the original points.  We do not kid around people.  The topics flip flop between school subject trivia and bible trivia.  Needless to say the humming and hawwing is intense.  Well, a few nights ago, after everyone went poo, the hand cramps were massaged out, and caedyn ate the boogers of her plate, we dove into it.

After a hard fought battle we had a three way tie at the end of 5 rounds.  Out came the Free For All question.  First one to answer it right wins the game.  I tossed out an easy one cause someone had to go poo again. 

Which book of the Bible in the New Testament starts with the letter 'H'? 

Brady pipes up immediately with, "Dad, I am pretty sure I know what it is but I don't know if I want to say it in case I get it wrong."  I laugh because he knows as well as I do that if he gets the Q wrong he is disqualified and loses the competition.  Like I said people, we do not kid around.

I say, "B-man, if you don't take the risk, you'll potentially lose the competition.  Gotta take the shot pal."

"Okay I am going to do it...   Hepatitis."

Incredible.  Carla and I lost it.  We could not stop laughing.  Hepatitis?? Brady figured he had gotten the question wrong yet couldn't quite figure out what the right answer was.  Megan popped up with, "That's in the Old Testament Brady."
    
Okay, let's get serious, that does sound like an OT book of the Bible.  With Habbakuk, Zephaniah and Leviticus out there, Hepatitis is not that much of a stretch.  I know, if it wasn't for the fact that it's a disease.   In the midst of Carla and I almost doubling over, we suggest to the kids to sing the NT Books of the Bible (yes, we have a song) and within seconds, out of nowhere, Caedyn pipes in, "Hebrews." 

Unreal.

And guess who had to do the dishes?  That's right me.  Apparently, Hepatitis gets you out of doing dishes.  Who knew.