On occasion, THGGM says things so bizarre it is nothing short of frightening. Must be he said something like that to Baby Boy. Because Baby Boy looks surprised, wouldn't you say?
Once, when someone called from work to ask where he had put a file, he told them it was 'on the flamingo'. There WAS no flamingo, and he has no idea where that came from. It was on the file cabinet, so, maybe in HIS brain it just came up from the F file.
Years ago, we were buying curtain material in a lovely homey-feeling store 'up north'. He wanted to measure the length of the material, so he asked for a yard stick. In his MIND he asked for a yard stick. What he actually asked for was APPALLING. I nearly DIED. The poor sales person looked at him sort of funny and said 'excuse me?' And he said it AGAIN! Although this time he pointed at the yard stick, which she was happy to give to him.
We walked out of the store with our lovely new curtains, and I said to him 'DO YOU KNOW WHAT YOU SAID???' He didn't. He insisted that he said 'yard stick'. Believe me, he did not say yard stick.
Well, after the 'flamingo' snafu, which was witnessed by several members of the family AND the employee who called him, he has had to admit that there at least exists the possibility that he said what I most clearly heard him say.
I'm not going to tell you either. You will just have to trust me that it was a HORRIBLE thing for him to say!
The curtains were cute though, and the correct length.
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Like a spoonerism, but not!!
Is that like senility creeping in, or maybe early Alzheimer's?? ARGH! Isn't growing older fun???
We have had similar things happen in this household as well...
I am DYING to know what he said. I cannot even imagine.
Dying, I tell you.
Is THGGY left-handed, by chance? I am totally, completely left-handed -- except for being forced to learn 10-key right-handed and was THAT ever a brain-scrambler!! Anyway, all my life I have thought one word and said something completely different...the kids thought it was hilarious as they were growing up! Like, "Did you take the milk out of the washing machine?" or "I'm going to vacuum the bedspread." I mean, WEIRD stuff, lol! For me, it's "left speak". And it can be downright embarrassing at times.
Now that you told the story, you must tell us what he said. I will not be able to sleep until I know!
Hee hee. I am SO not telling.
Because, it will ruin YOUR life. You will NEVER see a yardstick again without thinking of it. It's a terrible way to live. Believe me.
And, I am the left-handed one. So, there goes that theory...
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