Hockey

While the Reading/Farmers were in town, the Flyers played a Saturday afternoon game at home.
The kids were busy building a pillow fort in the TV room, so if Grandpa was going to watch the game (he was), he would have to do it with their company.

Since Oly is already a Flyers fan, it seemed like a worthy use of Grandpa's time to get the other two on board.  Should be easy, right?  After all, Lucy had some experience with the game.

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While we waited for the basketball game to finish, Grandpa explained that the Flyers were playing the Carolina Hurricanes.  When the game came on and Lucy saw all the Flyers gear on the fans in the stands, she instantly understood that "they all root for the Flyers because they're from Philadelphia". 
When Carolina scored 17 seconds into the game, Lucy noted that the "Flyers aren't trying very hard".  When the Flyers failed to score in the next few minutes, she decided that "maybe I'll root for the Tornadoes".  I corrected her the first few times she called them the Tornadoes, but after a three or four shots at it, I let it go.
After two quick Flyer goals, she was on board again.

But things stagnated for quite a while and Jasper checked out.
He summed up his thoughts on the matter with his withering comment:
"Why do you like hockey anyway? What's the point? It doesn't matter."
Right to the heart of the matter in his typical Jasper unsparing way.