As I pulled into our driveway the other night after bringing K-man home from the doctor's, I noticed a small bright green light on our front porch. My first instinct was "aliens!". Okay, so maybe it wasn't E.T. but my stomach clenched up andmy knuckles grabbed the steering wheel a little firmer. Hubby was on the bluetooth with me chatting away and I had stopped listening. I slowed to a stop in the drive and peered a little harder. What was that? Jumper cables? A little green light? A battery of sorts? Ahhhh....I tuned back into what he was saying and interupted him. "Do you have something charging on the front porch?"
"Why?", he asked. "Is something on fire?"
"Noooooo."
"Oh! Good! Yeah, I'm charging my four-wheeler battery."
"So, if you knew you were charging something on the front porch, then why was your first response to ask me if something was on fire?"
"Ummmmm." pause. "I dunno! No reason!"
"So, if you're first thought was that our front porch was on fire, then there's a possibility that the battery might explode on. our. front. porch.?"
"Weelllllll..." pause. "You sure are pretty!"
Uh huh. The battery got relocated. Now it won't explode on our front porch. It'll only take the garage with it when it goes. I feel so much better now.
4 comments:
"Why?", he asked. "Is something on fire?"
This is never something you want to hear as an answer to ANY question. Ok, well maybe if you are testing out munitions...but anything else, no. Did he at least get it when you moved it?
"Maybe if I try it this way..."
and
"Why? Is something on fire?"
are probably the most horrifying phrases.
And as a response to your comment...Cheerios do the same thing as those packing peanut pee-pee prep things you were talking about.
That's what I learned on, anyway.
-Chris
Weather Moose
I'm adding the "You sure are pretty," to my arsenal.
Knot
Actually, he's the one who relocated it to the garage. Now it's residing with the umpteen other things that can catch fire. Greeeaaaattt.
And somehow (I'm still trying to figure this out) the "You sure are pretty!" comment disarms me. I think that's cheating...
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