Overheard Around The Full House

You know how you have those times when someone says something that becomes the thing to say to crack everyone up? It was late Wednesday night, the end of a loooong day of cooking and I also had laryngitis. I couldn't speak in anything above a whisper. Mr. Fix-it was heading out the door and I wanted him to check on the last pie that was in the oven. Due to extreme laziness my being ensconced on the couch with blanket and laptop, I was reluctant to move. Mr. Fix-it is gathering up keys, etc. as I feebly whisper "Mr. Fix-it, will you check the pie? Mr. Fix-it! The pie .  . . the pie." It's obvious he doesn't hear me. As he is about to close the door I turn to MusicMan, seated next to me, and whisper, "Would you call him for me?"

MusicMan and Grownup Girl burst into laughter. "We would have done it a few minutes ago, but it was too funny listening to you. 'The pie . . . the pie.'"

If you want to crack my family up today (and probably for the next 20 Thanksgivings) all you have to do is whisper, "the pie . . . the pie" like a dying soap opera actress.

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MVP is driving home from the airport. I see a minivan with a Mammoth window sticker, a Waldorf school sticker and a Cathedral Catholic High School sticker.

Me: That could be Kim V's car with those stickers.

It is.

MVP (brightly): Soduku for minivans!

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MVP pulls into the driveway and stops.

Me: We park this car in the garage now.

MVP: Why?

Social Butterfly (playfully): Things have changed around here since you've been gone!

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MVP, Grownup Girl and I are cooking on Wednesday evening. I'm taking photos.

GuG: You're not going to post that are you? I thought you were running a PG blog? People could take that the wrong way.

Me: Geez! You're terrible. I never thought of it like that before.

MVP: That's not a yard of beef! (he whips out a ruler from the utility drawer). That's not even half a yard of beef! False advertising.

Me: This is already worth the $5.49 I paid at Costco and we haven't even eaten it yet!

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8ish Thanksgiving evening--GuG, MVP, SB and I are taking a walk around the neighborhood to get the digestive juices flowing. We are talking about the health and age of our older dog.

SB: We'll need to get a puppy when Buddy dies. Beau (younger dog) would just kill herself if she had to live alone.

MVP: I don't think she would. Opposable thumbs are necessary for suicide.

GuG: How do you guys turn a nice family walk into a discussion on dog suicide?!

Comments

[Gina]

I love listening to your household.

[Melanie @ Mel,ADramatic Mommy]

Ahh, family. Always there to make fun of you when you're sick.

[gary]

We wonder the same thing about Buster our elderly lab mix and his little sister Penny the beagle who is very young and adores him...

[Patricia]

"the pie, the pie."
i could just hear you. LOL
:-)

[vodkamom]

THAT was funny! (Now I'm gonna walk around saying, The pie! The pie!!)

[jenrantsraves]

The pie one made me laugh and I wasn't even there!

[Little Miss Sunshine State]

One Thanksgiving, 3/4 of the way through dinner, my Mom said "I forgot the DAMN COLESLAW!"
For many years, as we were sitting down for Thanksgiving dinner, someone would say "Don't forget the DAMN COLESLAW!"

[Suzanne]

I love it....too funny.
We do that with certain phrases too...they can bring up laughter over and over...this year it is: "you look like you can read".
Priceless.
take care,
Suz

[Fannie]

Family code is the best!

[Kalynne Pudner]

I think you could commit suicide without opposable thumbs...by drowning.

(Yeah, all the great stuff in this post, and the Philosopher-Mom will pick up on the one line that begs counterexample. I should'a just stuck with "the pie, the pie"...and the DAMN COLESLAW!)

[Kalynne Pudner]

Hmm...and perhaps this kind of comment is why I'm not on your Blogroll. Just thought of that.

[Reluctant Blogger]

haha I can't imagine you doing the pathetic "the pie . . . the pie" bit. I see you in a new light now. I always assumed you'd leap up however weak you felt and dash about.

[Manic Mommy]

"Who wants Merlot?" was bellowed at our Thanksgiving.

Also, my dog committed suicide, as did my neighbor's (not while we were living here - Doggie Jonestown). Apparently, opposable thumbs were not an issue. Hmm. A post topic me thinks.

[kcinnova]

I just love your family.

"The pie...the pie..." ROTFL

[Angela]

I couldn't help but laugh when I got to the end.
You are really too funny

[Jennifer H]

Your family is even funnier at the holidays! I couldn't help but think of you sounding like The Godfather.

[Green Girl]

Ah gee, your kids still say the darndest things:) The yard of beef--I honestly thought you made that up! I never heard of such a thing.

[JCK]

Too fun! Glad your MVP is home and surrounded by so much love.

[Jason]

Of course, you know that my favorite one of these today was the Yard O Beef!!! Too funny.

[CC]

I have laryngitis right now. It sucks!!!!!!! How am I supposed to work tomorrow.

The pie! The pie!

[phd in yogurtry]

hope your laryngitis is all better -- and as for opposable thumbs, never thought of that before with regards to suicide. then again, never thought about suicide in context of dogs either. very entertaining and thought provoking family you've got there!