Matt Ortega - Thanksgiving 1990 Hilarious Conversation

My brother Matt at age 8 at Thanksgiving. A hilarious exchange ensues when Matt lets it be known what jobs he would and would not want to do. Linda is my cousin to the left and the woman to the right also talking is my Aunt Rita. My oldest brother Mario is trying to make his way into the conversation at the bottom left but is mostly ignored. Eric is the guy offering comments to Matt and he is also my cousin.

A partial transcript:

Matt: One thing I don't want to be, two things I don't want to be, I mean three. Three things I don't want to be.
Linda: What three things don't you want to be?
Matt: I don't want to be a cop because I'd get beat up, and it's hard work. I don't want to be in fire department because it takes too hard, and I don't want to be a doctor.
Linda: Why wouldn't you wanna be a doctor?
Mario: Because he's stupid!

Linda: What do you want to be?
Matt: A ninja
Linda: You can write ninja books or you could draw ninjas...
Matt: I'm not a very good drawer.
Linda: No, you're really good!
Matt: No, I go out of the lines.
Rita: But by 27 you'll be good.
Linda: Yeah by 27, you'll be practiced.

Eric: How about being a lawyer, or a judge or something?
Matt: Nah, too hard.
Eric: Too much reading, huh?
Matt: And I don't know anything about being a judge.

Eric: By the time you're 27 I will be old and I could need your help. I would pay you to work for me. 7 bucks an hour?
Matt: I'm hecka strong. I'd work, and you'd hafta pay me? With dollar money?
Eric: Dude I'd pay you more than a dollar, like seven dollars an hour.
Matt: I'll do that! But when I'm 27 I won't remember...

Matt's exclamation at the end of becoming a newspaper man sort of has come true as he is a political blogger. This video is to lead the smear campaign against my brother! Just kidding, Matt, but I thought this was a good find.

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