05-08-2008, 06:12 PM
The wonders of living in a "literal world"...
This morning my husband was, well, just acting a bit different than his usual. We tend to say he is "off" on those days, and today fit well. That made him late for work, as he just could not get it together.
Because he was late for work, we opted to drive in to work together, and drive our daughter to school (we cannot afford the parking downtown except for special occasions so normally take the bus)
In order to get my daughter out the door a bit early, so we could drive, my husband tells her, "Honey, you need to cook, we are driving in today and Mom and I are going to drop you off." She responds "Oh, cool! Yay!"
About 4 minutes later she says, "I won't even cook anything too hot for you guys, I do not want to burn myself." My husband says, "No, honey, I mean, you need to hurry." Well, I guess that went in one ear and out the other. I looked at him, and said, "Why did you say cook?" He says, "The wrong word came out. I meant jam."
We got into the truck to leave and my daughter says, "I am so excited to cook for you and Momma." I look at my husband and say, "Oh my goodness, why oh why did you choose cook?" He explains to me, I was thinking jam, like hurry, and well, a major process of making jam is cooking it, so the word cook came out.
My daughter says, "Wait, I do not get to cook?"
I say, "No, honey, you can help me cook dinner." (thank goodness it is a dinner she can help with) "But Daddy meant, cook, like hurry." She says, "Huh?"
Blink, blink...
This morning my husband was, well, just acting a bit different than his usual. We tend to say he is "off" on those days, and today fit well. That made him late for work, as he just could not get it together.
Because he was late for work, we opted to drive in to work together, and drive our daughter to school (we cannot afford the parking downtown except for special occasions so normally take the bus)
In order to get my daughter out the door a bit early, so we could drive, my husband tells her, "Honey, you need to cook, we are driving in today and Mom and I are going to drop you off." She responds "Oh, cool! Yay!"
About 4 minutes later she says, "I won't even cook anything too hot for you guys, I do not want to burn myself." My husband says, "No, honey, I mean, you need to hurry." Well, I guess that went in one ear and out the other. I looked at him, and said, "Why did you say cook?" He says, "The wrong word came out. I meant jam."
We got into the truck to leave and my daughter says, "I am so excited to cook for you and Momma." I look at my husband and say, "Oh my goodness, why oh why did you choose cook?" He explains to me, I was thinking jam, like hurry, and well, a major process of making jam is cooking it, so the word cook came out.
My daughter says, "Wait, I do not get to cook?"
I say, "No, honey, you can help me cook dinner." (thank goodness it is a dinner she can help with) "But Daddy meant, cook, like hurry." She says, "Huh?"
Blink, blink...
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