Marinated

"Marinated"

One evening, impressed by a meat entree his wife
had prepared, the old professor asked, "What did
you marinate this in?"

Mrs Professor dropped her fork and went into a
long explanation about how much she loved him
and how life wouldn't be the same without him.

She must have seen the confused look on the old
professor's face, because she inquired, "What did
you ask me?"

When he told her what he'd asked, Mrs Professor
laughed and said, "I thought you asked me if I
would marry you again!"

Later, as she was cleaning up the kitchen, the old
professor called out, "Hey, hon, WOULD you marry
me again?"

Without hesitation she replied, "Vinegar and barbecue sauce."

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"Going to Sleep"

Mom and Dad were watching TV when Mom said, "I'm tired, and it's
getting late. I think I'll go to bed."

She went to the kitchen to make sandwiches for the next day's
lunches, rinsed out the popcorn bowls, took meat out of the
freezer for supper the following evening, checked the cereal box
levels, filled the sugar container, put spoons and bowls on the
table and started the coffee pot for brewing the next morning.

She then put some wet clothes into the dryer, put a load of
clothes into the wash, ironed a shirt and secured a loose button.
She picked up the newspapers strewn on the floor, picked up the
game pieces left on the table and put the telephone book back
into the drawer. She watered the plants, emptied a wastebasket
and hung up a towel to dry. She yawned and stretched and headed
for the bedroom.

She stopped by the desk and wrote a note to the teacher, counted
out some cash for the field trip, and pulled a textbook out from
hiding under the chair. She signed a birthday card for a friend,
addressed and stamped the envelope and wrote a quick note for the
grocery store. She put both near her purse. Mom then creamed her
face, put on moisturizer, brushed and flossed her teeth and
trimmed her nails.

Hubby called, "I thought you were going to bed."

"I'm on my way," she said.

She put some water into the dog's dish and put the cat outside,
then made sure the doors were locked. She looked in on each of
the kids and turned out a bedside lamp, hung up a shirt, threw
some dirty socks in the hamper, and had a brief conversation with
the one up still doing homework. In her own room, she set the
alarm, laid out clothing for the next day, straightened up the
shoe rack. She added three things to her list of things to do for tomorrow.

About that time, the hubby turned off the TV and announced to
no one in particular, "I'm going to bed," and he did.
Received on Fri Jul 25 23:22:57 2008