"COOKING."

Lindsay: I’m hungry! Hun can we make food? (Which really means, “Phil, can you make food?)

Phil: What do you want? We need to get groceries!

Lindsay: There’s eggs in the fridge. How about boiled eggs?

Phil: (Condescendingly, and rightly so…) You want me to BOIL you an egg?

Lindsay: FINE! I’ll do it myself!

(15 minutes later)

Lindsay: Okay – they’re ready!!!

Phil: (peeling away the egg shell) Hun, I don’t know if they’re cooked….

Lindsay: Hmmm….(lots of laughter)

Phil: (Not wanting to discourage me from cooking again) They will be okay to eat. Ya, I’ll eat it! (takes egg and bites into it over the sink)

Lindsay: I think they will be okay….aren’t these the same as poached eggs?

Phil: No, (giving up on the positive encouragement idea) these are called SALMONELLA eggs.

(INSERT LOTS OF LAUGHING HERE).

(Written August 29th)