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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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
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?
[...]
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 [...]
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
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 [...]
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.
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