It has been a long time my friends. Far too long for my liking. Many months have passed since I regaled with you with my latest exploits. As the days drifted by like the tides I found myself missing my intrepid group of comrades.
But what had become of them? Have they forgotten the furor that once followed in my wake? On this hallowed day I shall take you upon a journey. A journey like no other. The journey that will inevitably lead to the bloodletting of one Gentle Ben.
As some of you may know, Gentle Ben is my brother in law now. After demanding they end their "Relationship" Gentle Ben then immediately proceeded to plant his demon seed within my sister in law Annie. Now my friends, the rage that I once demonstrated at the theft of a paltry container of buffalo chicken dip pales in comparison to my growing ire.
Every day I sit. Stewing. Waiting. Bad enough that Gentle Ben had ingeniously ingratiated himself into my extended family, he saw fit to take it one horrible step further.
Gather round. Today I shall recant the tale of Gentle Ben, Kind sweet Annie, and little Magnolia's decision to move into the palace next door.
My beloved wife and I have spent nigh upon three years restoring the home next door. We've sunk countless time and energy into what I have affectionately dubbed the Pit. My beloved wife's father was kind enough to sell us the first home at a generous price. For what would he need money? This man is truly a man among men. Mike is a giant of a man. And the kind of father all men aspire to be like, except the negros. Mike had cut his teeth in combat against the deadly Vietcong in a recon division. He followed this dangerous mission with an even more perilous profession. With the United States Post Office.
But Mike's time had passed. The shrapnel of friendly fire within his knees had finally caught up to the battle hardened warrior. So retiring with both a pension from the military and the post office, Mike immediately became a drain upon society. Being the man that he is, he offered us our home and the home next door on the condition that we return it back to it's once grandiose state.
What luck! Such prosperity in such a time of want. My friends time passed and the house had been completed. Still it was not signed over to us. Had Mike reneged? Had this once honorable man gone back on his word? Did the fog of old age settle over his combat rattled mind? Did he see Charlie in the trees? No. Sadly those would have been preferable to the horror that awaited me.
Without telling us, Mike had signed the house over to Gentle Ben. Soon to be missing and presumed dead Gentle Ben. The sheer amount of rage that I hold within me threatens all around me. Mike had paid back the king's ransom I had spent at the Home Depot. But the principle of the matter remained. Gentle Ben had fucked me up the ass.
My beloved wife for her part, tried to see the good in this. Being a good Christian, hatred seems to not be in her vocabulary. Her heart leapt at the amount of money we would save in daycare on the day I chose to implant her. I bit my tongue and bided my time.
Being the good husband that I am. I assisted Gentle Ben with the task of moving their worldly belongings into my house. All the while images playing through my mind of large appliances "falling" upon Gentle Ben from above. The move took two days, but it felt like an eternity. Every article that was taken into the house was a dagger to my heart. Things that would never be removed as I have no doubts Gentle Ben will end up a toothless alcoholic sitting upon the front step listening to Biz Markie as I head off to work.
My first mistake after the move was telling my beloved wife that I wanted the locks changed. As any married man will tell you, there are just some lines a noble man didn't cross. How could I have known that this was one of them? A few quiet days later I return home. The blinds on my front door open. Odd. I always left them closed in the mornings so I could enjoy the darkness before departing to my work.
Thinking nothing more of it I entered the house. To Gentle Ben. Watching porn on my laptop.
Now my friends, Gentle Ben is not what you would call a computer literate man. He has infected every computer he touches with more viruses than imaginable. My initial rage sends Gentle Ben scurrying out of my house like the vermin he is. Again I tell my beloved wife, the locks will be changed. She argues that Annie should not have to pay for Gentle Ben's perverted mistakes. I warn her that if anything like this should happen again, it would be done before she would even be home. Strike one.
A few days later I am attempting my latest culinary concoction, bacon wrapped cod, when a timid knock is at my door. Gentle Ben knows better than to speak to me at the moment. So it is no shock to me when Annie is outside greeting me. Can she have a beer? Now my friends, I am not so stingy as to deny a woman an adult beverage. Of course you may have a Yuengling. What's that? You would like two beers? By all means. Come again? Why do you want to know how much beer I have? No harlot, your fop of a husband cannot have a six pack. What's that? Your husband is too cowardly to come over and ask me himself if I'm still angry?
That was strike two.
Settling down a bit, I reclined into my favorite chair. And instantly remembered that this was where Gentle Ben was watching porn. Leaping up, I sat upon the couch as I began to tremble at the thought of taking out some of my aggression upon 14 year olds on Modern Warfare.
What's this? My internet connection is slower than Mizango denying that he's white. Everything seems fine what could it be? Had one of my targets upon yon internets backtraced my emails? Not quite. You see my friends Gentle Ben was now leeching off of our internet. My beloved wife felt that they shouldn't have to pay the fees for Comcast. She had given them the password to bypass my secure network. The consequences would never be the same. When questioned, my beloved wife defended her actions.
And now my friends, I sit before you a broken, bitter man.
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