A few weeks ago we were visiting friends at their home near Buffalo, NY. There were some good lines worth sharing during those two days.
For instance, Jay, father of 5, asked his daughter, “Are you ready for dessert?” She responded by patting her lower stomach and saying, “I have room in my basement.”
I’ve gotta remember that line.
My nine-year-old daughter was helping Jay cook scrambled eggs one morning. “Do you like cooking?” he asked her. “Yes. I have to learn how so I can move out of the house.” Suddenly startled by her own words, she added, “That was ridiculous. I don’t know why I said that!”
Good save, Kid!
Do you think she’s doing it right? Perhaps I should intentionally sabotage her learning so she can never leave me!
Jay and his wife, May, were kind enough to make homemade cannolis for our visit. An optional topping was crushed pistachios. May asked everyone if they would like some. Not remembering my husband’s response, and realizing he was no longer in the room, May said to me, “I asked your husband about his nuts…” then she collapsed in a fit of laughter before she could explain that she couldn’t remember whether or not he wanted the pistachios. I assured her that his nuts were just fine, and, no, he didn’t need any more.
Motherhood and Martial Arts 
Haha, it never fails, quips about nuts are funny. And I’ll have to remember that basement line, too. Let’s just hope my basement isn’t made with expanding walls…
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Haha! Nice one. I would imagine your sons would appreciate the nuts joke, knowing what little I know about them.
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Indeed they would. As would my husband. Sigh.
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It WAS funny, though. Who can blame him?
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Yikes. Have you told him about this yet? What a funny conversation THAT will be!
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🙂
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Never ask a friend about her husbands nuts. Never ever ask her husband about his nuts. Then you’ll get an answer.
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Ha! Sad but true.
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Haha funny! There’s a show on TV here which is a cooking contest show called “The Great British Bake Off” It’s one of my favourites, not least because the two presenters are very funny and there are always innuendos, last night’s episode included ones about nuts!
I like the scrambled egg one, that’s sweet. Completely different but for some reason it reminded me of a sweet thing when my daughter was 3, I had given her cauliflower and broccoli as part of her dinner, and she ate the cauliflower but not the broccoli, and when I cleared her plate away she said “I liked the flowers but not the trees.”
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Ha. Your daughter is too cute. And that show sounds like fun!
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A friend of mine sent me a clip of that. I sent her back a clip of my favorite cooking show, cutthroat kitchen, and she was mortified. So look up cutthroat kitchen on youtube. You shall not be disappointed.
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Mortified! My goodness. My interest is definitely piqued. I shall do as you suggest as soon as an opportunity without children presents itself!
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I will do, I’m getting a sense from the name that it will be a little different from The Great British Bake Off!
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Oh yes, just looked it up and I remember now I have seen an episode of it before! I remember now, they show it on Food Network in the UK too. It’s good. I love all the cooking contest shows!
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I love these shows too, which is ironic, since I’m not really a fan of cooking.
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Me too. Have you seen chopped? That’s a great one too.
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Chopped, yes! And I even like Guy’s Grocery Games 🙂
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It’s fantastic- you won’t be disappointed. Cutthroat kitchen, food network.
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It’s perfectly appropriate for kids. Don’t let the name fool you.
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Oh, okay. It was the word “mortifying” that threw me. My oldest loves to watch Master Chef with me. She says she wants to be a chef when she grows up. Good luck with that, Kid!
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Oye. The life of a chef is one I do not envy. I’d have to open “Le Sweat”. I prefer home cook that can go out when she gets sick of cooking. Tell her to marry rich and only use her culinary degree when she feels like it.
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Good plan.
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“I have to learn how so I can move out of the house” is what childhood is about. Not ridiculous, just maybe could add next time, “not right away, of course.”
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I’ll assume that was implied.
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HAHAHA ‘nuts.’ Love it.
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It’s hard not to at least chuckle at that one.
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Hard to go wrong with nuts! And that moving out of the house line was precious. And now I realize that some adults I know simply never learned enough to move out of their parents’ houses!
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All true!
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