"She was standing pot still."
This bewildered me for a moment. Then I got it... she was standing stock still. Not toooooo far off... pot, stock pot, stock... something like that. ;-)
Saturday, September 02, 2006
Wires Crossed
One of my younger siblings (identity concealed to prevent this post from embarrassing him at some later date, such as his early teens in about six years) was talking about a cow this week, and made the emphatic statement,
This bewildered me for a moment. Then I got it... she was standing stock still. Not toooooo far off... pot, stock pot, stock... something like that. ;-)
This bewildered me for a moment. Then I got it... she was standing stock still. Not toooooo far off... pot, stock pot, stock... something like that. ;-)
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Oh, that's funny! That sounds like something my little brother would say!
Hmm. Brothers are fascinating things.
"I guess he was really hard to live with...I mean, imagine, you're married, right, and you and your husband are just sitting in the living room, y'know, and you're maybe reading, and then... SUDDENLY... he throws his water glass at the wall! And it shatters, and you're like, 'Honey?', and he says, 'Oh, I saw the devil over there, so I threw my glass at him.' And then you're like, 'I think we need counseling. NOW.'"
Is your quote of the moment related to Martin Luther? Or some other weird person?
Yes, Sarie... a gaggle of girls and I were discussing Martin Luther's eccentricities after church last Sunday, and started to imagine the difficulties of being married to someone like that.
I agree, Deborah. :-)
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