Almost every household in America has
at least one ghost living with them.
Since being married to Roland, I have encountered three. Their names are “It Wasn’t Me”, “I Don’t Know”
and “I Didn’t Do It”. The ghost who gets
blamed the most in this house is “It Wasn’t Me”. “I Don’t Know” received most of the blame in
our last house – though “It Wasn’t Me” seemed to share a lot of blame as well.
I find it interesting that about 20
minutes before Jenna returned home from school yesterday, I retrieved a hand
mirror from the coffee table and put it in the bathroom. She couldn’t have been home more than five
minutes before I found the mirror on the coffee table again – in almost the
exact same position it has been only 25 minutes earlier.
“Why is that mirror on the coffee
table?” I asked.
She didn’t even hesitate. She immediately pinned the blame on “It Wasn’t
Me” – a ghost that she and Tony seem all too familiar with. Tony was also a big fan of “I Didn’t Do It”
while Randy and Biff seemed more inclined to blame “I Don’t Know”
Once in a while Jenna and Biff try to
blame one another – which usually doesn’t go over really big as they rarely
ever spend time in the house during the same hours. Of course she is asleep for the most part
while he is at work. And he tries to
sleep during the time that she is gone to school.
I wouldn’t be surprised if “I Don’t
Know” has moved in with Randy and Carrie. Though it’s just the two of them, I
think he still tries to pin the blame on “I Don’t Know” Fortunately Carrie is onto him.
“I Didn’t Do It” shows up once in a
while. Perhaps that ghost is just a friend
to “It Wasn’t Me” who has not actually shown any kind of responsibility. No one does.
Responsibility? What’s that?
