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Chapter of Conversing With The Real Father

Instead of talking to the real father about "food", say "'Food is ready when it is ready so please make yourself useful and don't ask me again.'"

Instead of talking to the real father about "his/your/-- cooking", say "'Excuse me?! You don't like my cooking?'"

Instead of talking to the real father about "your/his/-- recipe/recipes", say "My recipes are good ones, although you do not like them very much. I think if you would ever try it, you would like it! Maybe one of my recipes is going to be your favorite food one time! Just try it!"

Instead of talking to the real father about "jokes", say "'This was not funny, Coraline Jones.'"

Instead of talking with the real father about the well, say "'Stay away from that thing, it's dangerous!'"

Instead of talking with the real father about the tennis court, say "When I was young I was a tennis player... I was really good at it. You should try it sometime. It's fun.'"

Definition: the father is annoyable if the real father is in the kitchen and the player is in the kitchen and The Chase has not happened.

Instead of talking at the real father:

if the the father is annoyable:

say "You try to get his attention by asking him stupid questions over and over. Unfortunately he doesn't seemed to be bothered by that.";

otherwise:

continue the action.

Instead of talking with the real father about something:

if the the father is annoyable:

say "You try to get his attention by asking him stupid questions over and over. Unfortunately he doesn't seemed to be bothered by that.";

otherwise:

continue the action.

Instead of talking to the real father about something:

if the the father is annoyable:

say "You try to get his attention by asking him stupid questions over and over. Unfortunately he doesn't seemed to be bothered by that.";

otherwise:

continue the action.