... With A Cherry On Top

Armen is packing for his trip to Paris - with Annie and Jordan, and later to be met over there by Sylvia - when Brian points out a hole in his bag and warns him that it's going to break on him. Being the guy that he is, Armen easily dismisses it and says it's going to survive the trip. Before he even gets off the campus it breaks on him and pressed to find a last minute alternative he turns to Brian. So here's the position he was in, he was in danger of missing the flight or going there without a change of clothes and only Brian could help him.

Backing up a bit, Armen has been on the last nerves of Brian and I, which puts the two of us in a small minority since everyone else in the summer program sees him as one of the nicest guys, which only serves to piss me off even more. Armen is very prideful and his own high opinion of himself cannot be understated. That has to be understood to understand why Brian had to take the opportunity to take advantage of the situation and why it was so damn funny - to me at least.

So Brian laughs at the guy as he is asked to provide him with a bag. Now also understand that there was no way Brian wasn't going to give him the bag - he's not that much of an ass. Armen persists in asking for the bag and Brian makes a couple of requests. First, he asks him to get down on his knees and beg for it. No way does Armen go for it and that's to be expected. Then he asks him to say, "Pretty, pretty please with a cherry on top." Again, no way Armen goes for it. Not that anyone should be expected to demean themselves that way either, especially a guy like Armen. But it was because it was a guy like Armen that made it so damn funny. The thing is, I don't think Armen even said "please". Nor did he just walk away from it acknowledging that he needed Brian's help but unwilling to say so or at least unwilling to cave into the not so serious demands of Brian. Eventually Brian gave up the bag.

If you're not laughing, it's either because the context isn't understood, or you probably just had to be there, or maybe it just wasn't funny... but I was laughing.