Miss Add and The Harlot

Hey y’all, GOODe Ole Boy here.

I reckon that by just reading the title of this post a few eyebrows might have been raised…

Lemme give you the low down:

I was on vacation last week. Cris had a lot of meetings so I assumed the position of stay-at-home-daddy. We decided that every night we would spend huge amounts of family time together and take full advantage of having all three of us being in the same place at the same time. We had quite a few family game nights, one of which was Bible trivia night.

My wife is the Bible Trivia Uber Grand Champion of 1987. She was playng the game at her church Fall Festival. The reward was a piece of candy for every question she got right. After getting EVERY. SINGLE. QUESTION. correct, they had ran out of candy and ended up just giving her the game…

Now fast forward over 25 years later and now our Miss Add is getting to be as GOODe as her momma.

There we were sitting on the floor each holding our game cards and it was now mommy’s turn to play. Miss Add was doing the askin’ when she reads trivia out of the Old Testament. And I quote: “When Samson visited Gaza, what did he do there?

A) Called on his family
B) Called on the leaders or
C) Called on a HARLOT?”

Now Miss Add, thankfully not knowing what that word was, pronounced HARLOT like “car lot.” It took us both a minute to process that, but then we did and boy did we see those little wheels turning in her little head!!! Cris reluctantly yet adamantly chose the wrong answer so as not to bring up Samson’s lady of the evening anymore saying that Samson called on his family. Miss Add was quick to correct her. “Nope, mommy. It says here that the answer is C) called on a HARLOT (again, pronouncing it like CAR LOT). She then read the scripture to back it. “Samson had lived his whole like as a Nazarite, wholly dedicated to God, but in Gaza, he allowed himself to surrender to his PHYSICAL LUSTS…” Cris and I were going out of our minds!!! She never once in her small six and a half years of life asked us what a harlot was or what is meant by his physical lusts. She was more focused on correcting the grand champion for being wrong, thank heavens.

Cris decided that card was just too difficult and snatched it from Miss Add’s hand and shuffled it back into the massive deck of trivia cards. She then had Miss Add reach into the deck and grab a new one. Miss Add reaches in and grabs a new one. “When Samson visited Gaza, what did he do there?

A) Called on his family
B) Called on the leaders or
C) Called on a HARLOT?”

SHE GRABBED THE SAME FREAKIN’ CARD!!!

We decided to stick with New Testament questions after that. She has still not asked us about the harlot (which Cris and I still giggle about and now we even pronounce it like car lot) and we hope not to have to discuss physical lusts with her either for quite some time.

I think we’re gonna skip Bible Trivia next time and go with poker…

(Note: Any poker games taught to Miss Add by GOODe Ole Boy will only include 5 card draw or Texas Hold’em. There will be no instruction on 7 Card Stud, lest I have to explain that one either…)