The story behind “Evil Despicable Me”. Well evil to some, loveable to others. Anyway on the way to the cinema yesterday, a
little early, one of those crane machines caught my eye. So I slipped in some money and started to
move the arm. Oh Oh, the arm would only
move forward and backwards down the centre. Then, unnoticed before, I read a
business card sized sign, stuck on the glass to the right “Out of order.” Suddenly the chances of winning a reward from
the crane machine, typically difficult to begin with, became seemingly impossible. After all the crane couldn’t even move over
to the exit shoot to drop a prize. So,
using the money I had inserted, the refund button wouldn’t work, I moved the
crane slightly forward and pressed the drop button. By some fluke, the crane landed at a funny
angle, nuzzled it’s way “Between” a couple of toys, and on the way up snagged,
then flipped, yes flipped, “Evil Despicable Me” down the exit chute. I couldn’t believe my eyes. What seemed like a hopeless endeavour, became
possible. I think he is loveable, even
if deemed “Evil.” Although my 10 year
old daughter thinks otherwise and refuses to have him in her bedroom.
