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.

Comments

1. Brian on 2008-07-23 16:11:53 wrote: Hilarious. This is marriage in a nutshell…the perfect representation.

2. toyfoto on 2008-07-23 18:35:22 wrote: and that’s jed’s favorite cereal as well. only he calls it crispy hexagons.

3. CR on 2008-07-24 10:26:45 wrote: You need to add smart and funny after the lovely and talentedness.

4. Sylvia on 2008-07-24 10:55:46 wrote: 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 on 2008-07-25 15:12:09 wrote: 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 on 2008-07-26 15:48:03 wrote: 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… -//