“And then you took the words right out of my mouth…”
April 28th, 2010 by sarah
Earlier this week, I was having an issue with words- like, the actual word for something would escape me and I’d have to resort to trying to define the thing. This caused a certain degree of hilarity when a co-worker was asking me for a recipe and I could not remember the word “grapefruit” and instead spent a few detailed sentences getting him to the point where he realized I was talking about a grapefruit. Then later, it happened again with a legal pad- and then a submersible water pump. It was a severe episode of presque vu all day long- but pretty hilarious, really.
Got that?
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So… it’s not a story I’m telling on Facebook or my blog or anywhere else sane and respectable people might find it, but there is a Grapefruit Story (also known as the Canteloupe Story, the Mayonnaise Story, and the “How John and Sarah came to believe that they might get arrested after deeply offending 3 state troopers and a birthday party of 10 year olds at McDonald’s in Texarkana, TX on the day of Squid’s Wedding” story). This story is pretty hilarious but it is not PC at all. Hell, I’m pretty sure telling the story in Texarkana, TX could possibly get you arrested.
K? k.
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Now imagine, for a moment, if you will, what my reaction was when my boss just came into my office and said “So, tell me your grapefruit story.”