女子高生と風呂に入る父親？ A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL TAKES A BATH WITH HER DAD?

女子高生と風呂に入る父親？

　先日、友人が「どっきりカメラ」の話をしてくれた。ある父親が、家族が仕組んだ芝居に嵌ったのだ。

　ある晩、高校生の娘が「お父さん、一緒に風呂にはいらない？」と言ったので、父親は気が動転して誘いを断った。ところが、娘は「一緒に入るの、流行ってるのよ。知らないの？」と言って、高校生の弟の方を見て、流行っているか訊いた。弟は「うん、流行ってる、女の子、みんなお父さんと風呂に入ってる」と答えた。奥さんも「あなた、入ったら？　流行遅れになってしまうよ」と勧める。父親は急にトイレに行って長時間出てこなかったが、トイレから出てきて一大決心をしたように「よし、入ろう」と言った。娘は「そうこなくっちゃ、じゃ、お父さん先に入ってて、わたしもすぐ入るから」と言う。父親は風呂に入り娘が入ってくるのを待っていた。ややあって、ドアをノックする音が聞こえる。父親は「いいよ」とワクワクドキドキする気持ちを抑えて答えた。ドアが開くと目の前に大きなテレビカメラが出現。「どっきりカメラでーす！」

　あとで、テレビ局の人が、父親がトイレに入っている時間が長かったのはどうしてかと尋ねると、父親は「スマホで、流行ってるのかどうか調べていたんだ。そんなサイトはなかったよ」と答えた。

　なんてひどい番組。父親に同情するよ。ショックだったろう。私なら心臓が止まったかもしれない。（ちなみに私の子供は二人とも男性）

A HIGH SCHOOL GIRL TAKES A BATH WITH HER DAD?

　　One of my friends told me the other day about a TV program Candid Camera. According to her, a man was set up by his family members.
　　One evening his daughter, a senior high school girl, said to his father, “Dad, let’s take a bath together.” Totally embarrassed, he refused her proposal. However, she continued to say, “Taking a bath with one’s father is popular among high school girls, don’t you know that?” She asked her brother, a high school boy, whether it was true or not at his school. The boy responded, “Yes, it’s in vogue. Every girl in my class takes a bath with her father.” His wife also recommended him to do so saying, “Why not? You shouldn’t miss the wave.” The father then went to a restroom and after a long time, he came back and said as if he had made a lifelong decision, “OK, let’s take a bath together.” His daughter said, “Thank you. That’s the spirit, Dad. Why don’t you go into the bathroom first? I’ll join you soon.” So he entered the bathroom and waited for her. Soon a knock on the door was heard. He said with a suppressing excitement, “Come in.” When the door opened, he saw a TV camera in front of his face and heard, "Surprise, you're on Candid Camera!"
　　Later, one of the TV staff members asked him why he had taken so long a time in the restroom. He said, “I went there with my smartphone and googled whether it was in vogue, but I didn’t find any persuasive websites.”
　　What a cruel program this is! I sympathize with him. He must have been shocked. If I had been him, my heart would have stopped. (By the way, my two children are boys.)