I was coaching soccer practice, and one common thing for me to do is to yell for the players to “freeze” while in the midst of a scrimmage so I can tell them something.

Me: “okay, Freeze!”

Player (slowly): “I’m just. getting. a. drink. of. water.”

The entire team then breaks into their favorite “Incredibles” quotes, and soon we had several Dash imitations and at least one complaint of “Hey, no force fields!”

/inventing new ways to celebrate mediocrity