The Game Comes With Complimentary Back-Stabbing

(It is New Year’s Eve, and my brother-in-law is over to hang out with us and wait for midnight. We’ve started playing ‘Risk: Godstorm’ and have gotten into a very silly mood, as the game devolves into an unpredictable mess fairly quickly.)

Me: *having to look up the rules yet again* “Hey, it says here ‘Table talk, including alliances, threats, coercion, whining, pleading, backstabbing, invocation of the divine wrath of your ancestors, and other verbal tirades, is not only allowed but also encouraged.'”

Husband: *picks up one of the figurines representing his army and waggles at his brother* “Your mother was well-hung!”

Brother-In-Law: *responds in kind with one of his figurines* “Why, thank you!”

Me: “But you’re brothers…”

Brother-In-Law: “That’s how I knew it was a compliment!”

(The game did not get any less chaotic from there.)