Woman Plays Wholesome Game With Her Dad In This Amusing Twitter Story

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Mar 30, 2020 6:00 PM EDT

Every family does weird stuff; it's just a fact of life. Actor and writer Bridie Connell shared an adorable, yet nonsensical game that she and her dad have been playing for 15 years called "pinch and a punch, first day of the month." Neither of them have any idea how it started, but it's cute and amusing nonetheless!

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    Text - t7 897 4.4K Bridie Connell O @BridieKConnell 16h Right. So my dad and I are both very competitive/stubborn. We have been locked in a battle of "pinch and a punch, first day of the month" for years. 15 years, to be exact. Neither of us remember how it started.
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell · 16h t7 30 517 Each month, we each try to be the first to say "pinch and a punch, first day of the month, no returns." You can do this however you like: in person, in a letter, in a song.
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell · 16h 17 24 988 Most months it's pretty low key, but every so often one of us ups the ante. When I was 14, I was pulled out of school and sent to the principal's office. thought I was in trouble. I arrived to find my dad waiting, ready to deliver the blow. “Pinch and a punch!"
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell - 16h 27 17 846 (My principal was very confused; apparently dad had set up the appointment to talk about my grades).
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell - 16h 1.2K t7 34 Once, I organised musicians to serenade him. He's pranked me on live radio. I've got a tour guide to say the magic words in the middle of a holiday tour. He's used my friends against me. It's happened in a live poetry reading. It's happened at a funeral. It ruins New Year's Eve.
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell 16h 27 27 1.2K Dad and I think it's funny. My mum and brother think it's "immature", "not even a real game" and that it "keeps ruining family holidays."
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell 16h t7 21 696 There are a series of rules to do with time zones (we live in different countries). There is a yearly tally. There is a jury made up of my aunties for when we can't figure out who has won that particular month.
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell · 16h 12 17 525 Today is the 1st of May. First of the month!l'm flying home to NZ for my cousin's birthday. It was an early flight - too early to call dad before I took off. "It'Il have to wait," I thought as I settled into my seat.
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell - 16h 17 15 546 @FlyAirNZ Air NZ, my favourite airline. Got moved to a seat with more legroom. Premium economy, winning! Free chocolate. Hooray! ... And then.
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    Text - Bridie Connell 27 23 674 @BridieKConnell · 16h And then a staff member comes over to my seat. "Are you Bridie?" "Yes..." "I'm Beau. Nice to meet you." Omg it's finally happening, the moment I have been dreaming of for years. I'm going to be UPGRADED, baby!! "I have a special delivery for you, Bridie."
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell · 16h 491 t7 16 Oh. Is this how they let me know l've absolutely definitely been upgraded?
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell · 16h t7 24 1.0K Beau hands me a letter. l open it. I silently scream. It's not an upgrade. Beau grins and shakes my hand. Hands me his card. "And just remember you can't call your dad, phones have to be in flight mode from ... now."
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell · 16h 27 32 1.3K I have to hand it to my dad, and to Air Nz. And Beau, the most hilarious and lovely man. I am SO annoyed but also SO impressed. And the worst part is tonight l'll have to sit through a family dinner with everyone telling and retelling this story and dad being all smug.
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell - 16h t7 18 805 I've just spent three hours on a flight plotting my revenge (on dad and Beau). Submissions welcome.
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    Text - Bridie Connell @BridieKConnell 10h 12 31 2.1K UPDATE: turns out the upgrade to premium economy was from @FlyAirNZ who felt ever so slightly guilty for helping papa prank me I'm blessed
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