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Shopping shenanigans  

Scene: Grocery store cereal aisle

Me: Did you get my cereal?
Wife: There is no such thing as “Barb’s Wheat Squares.”
Me: Hm. Wait, here they are.
Wife: Those? Are those wheat?
Me: Uh, multigrain?
Wife: Are they squares?
Me: Technically, they’re hexagons.
Wife: Are they called Barb’s Wheat Squares?
Me: Um, no. They’re called Barbara’s Shredded Spoonfuls.
Wife: Uh huh.
Me: Right. Well, I’ll just…
Wife: Put those back. I knew what you meant.

6 Responses to “Shopping shenanigans”

  1. Brian says:

    Hilarious. This is marriage in a nutshell…the perfect representation.

  2. toyfoto says:

    and that’s jed’s favorite cereal as well.

    only he calls it crispy hexagons.

  3. CR says:

    You need to add smart and funny after the lovely and talentedness.

  4. Sylvia says:

    Barbara? Barbara has her own cereal brand? Barbara Eden maybe? I Dream of Jeanie’s cereal. We apparently have nothing worth eating here in Tennessee.

  5. Sylvia says:

    P.S. I love shenanigans, wherever and by whomever they happen, and I really enjoy how LATW yanks your chain and how you think it’s adorable.

  6. Norby says:

    That is pretty much de rigueur around here - nobody knows what the real name of anything is called. It’s only when we have no idea WTF the other person is talking about that tempers flare up:

    Her: “..and then put some of the lemonade in the POM cup…”
    Me: “The *what?*”
    Her: “You know, the POM cup.”
    Me: “No… I actually have no idea what you’re talking about.”
    Her: “Forget it - it’s not even worth explaining to you.”

    I later find out that this is a tall glass jar that once contained POM pomegranate juice…

    -/\/

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