Either That or Minions

“I want Bandit to be my Butler and Henchman,” Sassy told me.  She said it off the cuff like her request wasn’t at all out of the ordinary.

The butler is odd, but not as odd as a henchman.  “Do you know what a henchman is?” I asked her.

“No.” She shook her head.  “But it sounds cool.”

“A henchman is someone that does another person’s evil bidding.  Sort of like a minion, but of higher rank.”  I could see she didn’t understand.  “Remember in Snow White, when the Evil Queen wants to kill Snow White she sends her into the forest with the Woodsman to kill her.  The Woodsman is her henchman.”

“But the Woodsman didn’t kill Snow White,” Sassy pointed out.

“Yeah, the Queen’s henchman sucks.  Remember when you get a henchman make sure he can follow instructions.”  This seems like excellent advice to me.

“Bandit’s not very good at following my instructions.”

The Bandit smiled and nodded.  Who would have thought that all along his short attention span was just a ploy to avoid being a henchman.

“What about a Butler?  What does he do?” she asked.  The Bandit also appeared interested. 

“He butles,” I said, cracking up and just delighted that I was able to steal a line from a funny movie at just the right time.

They waited patiently for me to get a hold of myself.  “A butler is in charge of a house and all the other servants.”

“Like Daddy,” Bandit pointed out.  “Daddy, you’re a butler.” 

I’m not exactly sure who The Bandit thinks the other servants are in this house, but he better not be looking in my direction. 

I think I need to get myself a henchman.