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Example of why I have learned to mostly quit while I’m ahead

September 12, 2008 3 Comments

iPhone

Me to my wife after running outside and catching her before she backs out of the driveway so that I can hand to her the cellphone she left on the kitchen counter—the one that I can never reach her on:

“Please keep this on you.”

“I do.”

“Apparently not.”

“Yes, I do. That’s why it was inside.”

“Huh?”

“I said, ‘I do keep it on me; that’s why it was inside.'”

“Wait: ‘Please keep your cellphone on you’; ‘I do; that’s why it
wasn’t on me’ …?”

“Yep.” [pleasant smile]

“… wha …?”

“I kept it on me when I came inside earlier instead of leaving it in the car. That’s why it was in the kitchen.”

Ladies and gentlemen, I ask you: how can you argue with that logic? And, speaking as someone who has been married to her for 10 wonderful years, allow me to answer for you: you can’t.

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  1. Tami says

    September 15, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    Not sure where I stumbled across your website . . . . but I love your Jon Stewart videos! You have a great group together that I can add to my favorites!

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  2. Jennifer says

    September 23, 2008 at 2:40 pm

    Uh oh…. He’s on to us.

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  3. Jon Zal says

    October 22, 2008 at 11:36 am

    Tami: Thanks!

    Jennifer: Yeah, you busted, sistah.

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