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A young man who is useful in a number of ways, just not the right way, has been forced to watch his aging father-in-law vacuum his pool.
Despite offering to help him, Tony Rhodes’ father-in-law, Elfyn Evans, said he doesn’t need it.
So Tony is now standing with hands on hips, watching Elfyn struggle to maneuver the vacuum across the bottom of the pool.
“Are you sure?” said Tony.
Elfyn just looked at him through the top of his service station glasses and looked back at the pool floor.
Tony explained to our reporter a few hours later that it’s not exactly brain surgery to operate a pool vacuum, but still, his father-in-law won’t let him help.
“He won’t let you leave, either,” said Tony.
“Not that he’d say anything to me. It’s like, uh, I don’t know how to say it, but you can’t just walk away after offering him help. Because if he hurts himself, then the family is going to be like, ‘Why the fuck didn’t you help him?’ but if I stay here and watch him, they’ll just laugh and say he’s a stubborn, proud old fool.”
“So all you can do is just put your little architect hands on your hips and watch. That’s the only way forward when you offer help to your father-in-law, and he tells you to fuck off.”
More to come.
