enter helena. she looks at the table and notices a small book. she picks it up interestedly and enquires

"oh, so did you end up reading the book?" she flips it over to read the blurb
"yes"
"so was it any good?" her tone clearly implied she was interested in reading the book later and simply wanted to be reassured it would not be a complete disappointment
"oh yes. well actually, it was alright. war. I mean, it was a war book. world war one that is, he goes to war. and then he dies. quite sad really."

anyone notice something wrong here? anyone?


me: great mum, thanks. no point in me reading the book now is there? he just goes to war and dies, whoopdeedoo. great book. fantastic twist. SHAME THERES NO TWIST FOR ME!

mum: uh, sorry.

me: no problem. just next time... you know... dont ruin the ending? gnight mum.

mum: night!