re: #84 Nerdy Fish

I heard that phrase a lot more often from my mom, usually because my dad wasn’t anywhere near stupid enough to claim any part in bringing me into this world, given what my mom went through.

My dad has told me the same story on more than once over the years: He’d just got home after a good day at work to find my mother in the midst of cooking, hair all frazzled and a dark aura around her, while my sister and I were nowhere in sight.

Her: “Your children.”

Him: “What do you mean ‘My children’?”

Her: “YOU WANTED THESE KIDS AS MUCH AS ME!”

Him: *with survival instincts of a lemming* “Hey, I was just poking you for fun, you’re the one who took it seriously!”

Cue a frying pan flying at his head, which was his cue to disappear to the local tavern until she was less likely to geld him with a paring knife.