I heard about a middle-school trivia night tomorrow, and thought the price ($3) and location (at the school, three blocks away) sounded good, and hoped my son would be interested in attending. So I suggested he smarten up and call some friends and go to it.
He replied, "That fire and brimstone crowd? sounds extremely boring."
I, imagining myself as Alma, said, "Well, I think it would be nice."