Tales of Joel

[highlyeccentric]

My brother has the best swindle i've ever heard of going as far as his schoolfriends goes. His schoolmates are a protective lot, and don't like other guys hanging out with their girlfriends/ younger sisters. Except for Joel, of course, because they all think he's gay. So Joel's the only guy on the soccer team allowed to talk to Bob's sister Lucy; Joel's allowed to take various girls over to the shops after school for afternoon tea; Joel has it good. But it gets even better- the girls, apparently, aren't fooled by Joel's emo clothing and believe him when he says he's straight. Accordingly, they consider him a good arbiter of lingerie suitability. So my brother spends two afternoons a week sitting in changerooms while his friends' girlfriends try on lingerie- and they come out and show him. Sometimes he sits outside the toilets while they take pregnancy tests. Then he goes home to mum and has various critical things to say about their lack of common sense in their sex life and/or lingerie choices.

Other tales in this series, coming when i get the chance:

Winter Camp- why are all the hot girls thirteen?
Easter Camp- Altercations with Bec's Breast
Faint Heart Failed to Win Fair Lady

Comments

[sea-of-tethys.livejournal.com]

HAHAHA your brother is my hero.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

he is an endless source of amusement for all...

[iremos.livejournal.com]

Why is my brother not as cool?

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

I'm not sure. It seems to be some special quality Joel has. Ptolemy would say it's all to do with the alignment of the stars at the hour of his birth. St Augustine would pontificate about the logical problems with that supposition.

[niamh-sage.livejournal.com]

I've never had anything to do with Joel, and I like him already :P

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

well that works out nicely then- he's never had anything to do with *you* and yet he likes having a fan club :P

[halo14-fragile.livejournal.com]

Your brother is awesome. :3

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

he rather thinks he is...

(and he would be right, most of the time)

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

YAY! Joel stories!!

see, girls are just smarter and more in-tune with their worlds than guys. guys are pretty damn stupid, to be honest. but, as long as everyone is getting something out of the situation - security, honesty, and a bit of a perv - how can anyone really complain?

by the by, I be free this monday arvo if you'd like to revist the idea of hot-beverage-consumption in the presence of me.

[highlyeccentric.livejournal.com]

Joel assures me that there is a downside- ie, that "nice guys always finish last", and the girls "never want to date guys like me, or even have a little fun", because apparently they see him as "just like a brother".

i'm not sure what he means by "have a little fun". perhaps i need to have a talk with that boy...

[phrasemuffin.livejournal.com]

My god - he's me!! ... except straight, of course.

And you know what he means, Amy. You just don't want to admit it about your little brother :P