The Scott and Ryan Toy Trick

Ok, sorry this is a little late... I started typing it up before Christmas and I've been a little preoccupied so I only just got to finishing and posting now. Also, I put up two thoughts for your added enjoyment.

In the spirit of Christmas, I will regale you all with one more holiday story. As previously mentioned, I was not always a major determining factor in what gifts I would give to other people. Even now, I sometimes still have no part in the decision of what I get for people. It was however, pretty easy to pick out something to give to my brother, Ryan. When you share the same age, gender, the mother, secret language, and almost every waking second with another person, you can get to know them. So there’s at least one person I should be able to get a gift for. Unfortunately, when I was kid and I went shopping, I couldn’t think much past what I wanted to play with. Flashback to my childhood, my dad is taking me Christmas shopping, we’re in the toy aisle, and he asks me to think about what Ryan might want, when the best toy in the world comes into view. I immediately knew this was THE toy I wanted more than anything else for Christmas (on that particular day), so I told my dad this was the one, this is the toy I was getting for Ryan. Well he asks me if I think he would want it or if I wanted it. Taking a second to think about what he may want to hear but remembering I wasn’t a great liar, I responded “both”. For those of you who have never experienced Christmas, it’s pretty exciting to know you’re getting a bunch of new stuff, but it’s really exciting knowing you’re giving other people good stuff. Putting those together inside a seven year old, some things are going to slip out. Wouldn’t you know, Christmas Eve, Ryan and I are bunking near each other and we get to talking about how awesome our gifts are? It didn’t take long for us to start giving hints and then just descriptions of what we got each other. Skip forward a couple hours when we open each other’s gifts and act oh so surprised that we got each other the same thing. Apparently, my dad even had the same conversation with Ryan when they went shopping. And that is the Scott and Ryan same toy trick.

So Scott Thought