Shakespeare Knew Best

setting: office breakroom

dc (disgruntled co-worker): "do you know what is the good child penalty?"
me: (getting tea) "what's that?"
dc: "they f*kin always do this to me!"
me: (oh boy...)
dc: "it's like a family with 2 parents and 5 kids (holds up 5 fingers) at least 1 or 2 of the kids will be the good ones and work hard and gives the parents money to help out (reduces 2 fingers) and then there'll be the other 3 that always ruin it for everybody - never do work, and then the parents will have to give them extra money so they can survive. (other hand wraps standing 3 fingers angrily) and then u wanna know the worst of it all?? when they parents die, they give all the inheritance to the useless 3 kids. (shakes head unbelievably)
me: (yikes..what do u say to that...um) "well, i guess sorta like the King Lear play huh"
dc: (getting tea) "what's that?"
me: (oh boy..) "sorta like what you just described" (without all the angry drama in the drama from the "good" child)