As I said in a previous post my family and I spend the holiday weekend at a cabin in Gatlinburg. You can imagine that watching TV can only keep you entertained for so long, so I decided to take "Scattergories" for everyone to enjoy playing while we were there. I love board games, so I was really excited when everyone got as into it as I was.
During one of the rounds the letter was "N" and the catergory was a "U.S. City." I was very confident when I answered with "New Jersey." Could have said Nashville, Northport, New York, Natchez...the list could go on and on. But no, I said New Jersey. Duh, New Jersey is a state, not a city. Naturally, I felt like an idiot when I read my answer and everyone started to laugh. Oops!
Move ahead a day to Friday morning, shopping at the outlets with Jeremy, mom, and Molly. I see a cute pair of shoes that are regularly $60, but are marked at 40% off. I look at Jeremy and say, "What would that be, like 40 DOLLARS off?" I know good and well that 40% and $40 are two very different things. I guess I was having a blonde moment. Anyway, Jeremy looks me in the eye and says, "Marissa, only in the CITY of New Jersey is $40 the same as 40%."
Hilarious, right?
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Sorry, I had typos in my old comment and couldn't figure out how to edit it. So, I've reposted below.
Jeremy and I are in tears now! Jeremy insists I tell an equally silly story that happened to me recently...I was telling my family (at a big gathering of course) about my lawyer friend, Libby's, upcoming trip to Europe. I started describing all the cool places she was going - "Sardinia for a wedding, then to France, then to Normandy." Jeremy said, "Normandy is in France." I confidently said, "No, it's not." At least you didn't argue with your Jeremy when you said something silly. I gave up when I realized everyone in the room was staring at me. And my dad was thinking his infamous favorite line, "And I put THIS through college?!?!"
Allison, thanks for sharing your equally silly story. It's always nice to know that I'm not the only one that does crazy things like that! I hope y'all are doing well!
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