Jump!

Published: Sept. 29, 2013, noon

b'An Email from Proud Podcast Participant Tom P got me thinking, as I\'m sitting here in my big, manly, comfortable black leather poppa chair in my living room. Tom\'s a thoughtful guy, He gets other people thinking, and he\'s very definitely a member of the Louie Louie Generation. He says "If I win the Powerball tomorrow, I know what I\'m going to do with the money. I\'m going to jump on the bed. My grandmother was right, I would break it. But jumping on the bed was fun, and if I won the jackpot, I would be able to afford a new bed. I will not, however, be reckless. I\'ll take the bed outside before I jump on it, because I wouldn\'t want to bump my head on the ceiling." That\'s the kind of Louie Louie guy reasoning that sometimes gets us an eye roll, a deep sigh, and an occasional night sleeping on the couch from our closest female associates. \\n\\tFor a Louie Louie Generation Guy, Tom is reasonably mature, until he finds a piece of bubble wrap. But I think he\'s got a point. I mean besides the one we all love on top of his head. If he won the jackpot, he\'d use the money to have fun. When\'s the last time you had fun? I mean flat out, falling down laughing till the milk comes squirting out of your nose, jumping on the bed fun? And why has it been that long?'