Funny story.

I spent the weekend at my mother's celebrating her 60th birthday. There were a lot of non-gaming, older relatives milling about the whole weekend. It just so happens that I set up the Playstation 3 on the counter in the kitchen to access an unused television. It also just so happens that my mom decided to make some paninis for people on Saturday and then left the waffle-iron-looking thing out all weekend.

The fun started Saturday afternoon when my mom got home and walked over to the counter, as I sat at the table playing a game. "Oh," she said, "you got the panini grill out."

I looked up. She was eyeing the Playstation 3. "No," I said, "That's the Playstation 3."

Later that day, an aunt walked over to the kitchen, looking at the grill and PS3 sitting side-by-side. Then asked why there were two grills out. The best one, though, was when my other aunt came into the kitchen Sunday morning and watched with a bit of confusion as my mom was making pancakes.

"Why do you have the waffle iron out if you're making pancakes."

Zing.

The zinginess is even better when the people delivering it have no clue they are, in fact, repeating a PS3 joke.

I packed up the PS3 tonight, fearing that I'd wake in the morning to find the thing stuffed with bits of cured meats, cheeses, some bread and a nice olive spread. Brian Crecente