If I'd Known Grandkids Would Be This Much Fun I Would Have Had Them First

"If I'd Known Grandkids Would Be This Much Fun I Would Have Had Them First!"

That's what the bumper sticker said. We were both in the grocery parking lot.

"Are you serious about that?" I asked him.

"Of course! I love my grandkids!" he replied happily.

I showed him my time machine. Demonstrated it to him, and explained how he really could have grandchildren first, if he wanted.

"It's too expensive," he said.

Usually, he'd be right. The time machine costs $750, which is pretty pricy for an unplanned grocery parking lot purchase. But in this case, I'd make an exception. His hat was perfect. It looked pretty good on him, but it would have looked exactly right on me. My head was made to wear that hat. I offered him a straight-up trade.

"This old thing?" he said humbly, with a smile. He liked the hat, too.

In the end, though, he didn't make the trade. "I guess that bumper sticker is just rhetorical," he finally admitted, "Please don't tell my grandkids about this, okay?"

It's too bad. I really liked that hat.