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By Erik Rasmussen

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Chronicle of my death foretold

Snaggle-nose death putto

Setup: We’re watching Julie & Julia. Adam has never knowingly eaten cheese in his life, and claims to hate it.

Amy Adams: …it tastes like cheese sauce, yum…
Adam: Papa, what is cheese sauce?
Me: Cheese sauce is SAUCE made with CHEESE. Honey, cheese is one of the greatest things on earth and I can’t [...]

Polish breakfast sandwich

Me: I am going to have to take a picture of this sandwich.
Prussian bride: That is going to cause a huge problem.
Me: But it’s THE SANDWICH PARTY this weekend!
PB: You don’t understand what a huge problem this is going to cause.

The Polish breakfast sandwich is essentially a sandwich much like many other sandwiches. It happens [...]

Out of gas

Me: Man, it’s frickin’ freezing in your classroom. So, Magda’s been reading these articles about how Russia’s cut off Bulgaria’s oil and–
Colleague Name Redacted: –and we’re not going to have any heat? I know. However, the dean did say that if it stays this way they’re going to close the school.
M: Well fine, but closing [...]

I am still working on the 'love, honor, obey' part

UPDATE: I have now figured out how best to love, honor and obey her.

IM has given the biggest boost to the efficiency of our grocery list technology since the Post-It® note.

Related:

Finger monkey moo

The light bulb thing

Magda approved

Rest easy

FADE IN:
INT. HORRID NOVOTEL WEST, HAMMERSMITH NIGHT.

In a dim, shabby London hotel room whose minibar is devoid of ALCOHOL, a slim, attractive Eastern European WOMAN glances up from a laptop computer to gaze at a flickering television showing RANDOM FILM transfixing MAN, aging, paunchy, gouty.

WOMAN
Who is that?

[...]

Which ought to come standard with home pregnancy tests in the first place

Adam has learned to sing. He writes his own material. Latest hit: “Finger Monkey Moo”. The lyrics run something like this:

FINGER MONKEY MOO! FINGER MONKEY MOO! FINGER MONKEY MOO! FINGER MONKEY MOO! FINGER MONKEY MOO! FINGER MONKEY MOO! FINGER MONKEY MOO! FINGER MONKEY MOO! FINGER MONKEY MOO! FINGER MONKEY MOO! FINGER MONKEY MOO! FINGER MONKEY [...]

I never liked the guy, either

Me: What are you making, honey?
Magda: I wanted to make some pickled pumpkin.
Me: You know, I seem to have heard that Peter Piper picked a peck of pickled pumpkin.
Magda: Did he?
Me: Yes.
Magda: Jerk.

Extreme cross-reference: Bo Peep

Chatty

UPDATED to add:

And help yourself to anything in the fridge

Thanks for agreeing to house-sit for us. In case you want to watch TV or something while you’re here, let me give you some very simple instructions.

First, of course, turn the TV on. There’s a button on the side here. It’s a little awkward to reach it, I know, so you can also do this [...]

Away to the south

I had a dream about our holidays.
Was it a nice dream or a nightmare?
It was nice.
Did we have any kids in this dream?
No.

Below is my view as I depart from work. I will not see it for some time. I will not miss it.

Our long awaited Dalmatian vacation begins today(!) We will be away for [...]