Her Bad Mother

Monday, January 14, 2008

Why I Love My Husband But Have Been Known To Roll My Eyes At Him, Dramatically, Part XXVI

Dinner chez HBM, last night:

Wonderbaby (pointing, with frown, to suspicious orange lump on plate): Whassat?

HBM: Sweet potato.

Wonderbaby: NO LIKE TAY-TOE.

HBM: Fine. It's a yam.

Wonderbaby: HAM?

HBM: YAM.

HBF (helpfully): It's a tuber.

Wonderbaby: TOOBER?

HBF: Tuber.

Wonderbaby: NO LIKE TOOBER.

(Tuber/yam/sweetpotato flies by HBM's head, very narrowly missing her nose, and lands, with a splat, on the dining room wall, where it clings for a sticky moment before sliding, tuberously, to the freshly-cleaned floor.)

HBF: Ah.

HBM: WHAT?

HBF: Tuber-too-close-is. Be glad you didn't catch that.

(ba-DUM-DUM)

35 Comments:

Blogger Jenifer said...

That is the best kind of tubour.

11:49 AM  
Blogger Sarcasta-Mom said...

LOL. Sounds like something my husband would say. I engage in a lot of eye rolling too....

12:00 PM  
Blogger Liv said...

yah!!! flying sweet potato is no go!

12:36 PM  
Blogger Hannah said...

Ack.

Very punny.

I dare say HBF is lucky you love him for his many other sterling qualities - because a joke like that is practically a hangin' offense at my house.

12:59 PM  
Blogger Amy Urquhart said...

Aaaaand the dining room is Christened.

Assertagirl

1:10 PM  
Blogger Cara said...

I roll my eyes at my husband when he tries to tell our 18 month old why he shouldn't throw food on the hardwood floors (which he wanted in the kitchen)and really get upset when he then does it. Come on, its a kitchen floor! I'm rolling my eyes just thinking about it.

2:06 PM  
Blogger flutter said...

it's not a tuber!! oh, wait....

2:16 PM  
Blogger motherbumper said...

He needs a new writer - oh wait... the writer's strike sure does suck the big one, doesn't it?

2:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

That's a groaner. Doesn't even qualify for a real laugh. I understand the eye rolling!

2:46 PM  
Blogger BOSSY said...

Bossy has perfected the fine art of Spousal Eye Rolling.

2:46 PM  
Blogger Kyla said...

Heh. Nice try, HBF.

2:48 PM  
Blogger Beck said...

Gaaah.

2:59 PM  
Blogger kittenpie said...

OMG I think I might love HBF now.
That's the kind of thing Misterpie would refuse to laugh at, too.

3:00 PM  
Blogger Heather said...

Maybe I need to get out more, but I found that very clever.

3:06 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

He's definitely my type of guy.

3:33 PM  
Blogger Maman said...

I would throw tuber at him... but I would tell Wonderbaby that she used to LOVE sweet potato when she was a baby... That usually made my girls retry the food in question...but then they are gullible

3:43 PM  
Blogger Jess said...

Smartypants!

I love his quick humour.

4:03 PM  
Blogger ewe are here said...

*groan*

snort

He sounds a lot like my husband

4:09 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

"Thank you, I'll be here all week. Don't forget to tip your waitresses!"

It was kind of clever though. And "tuberously" is a great word.

4:56 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wish I'd thought of it.

That's the kind of pun that made my husband fall in love with me.
::::modestly smirking::::

I totally love puns. Good or bad!

6:51 PM  
Blogger Bea said...

I had to read it out loud a couple times before I got it. Then I groaned.

7:25 PM  
Blogger Julie Marsh said...

I choked on my dinner. Fortunately, it didn't hit the wall, but it did hit my keyboard, dammit.

7:51 PM  
Blogger Chicky Chicky Baby said...

That's the best laugh I've had in days. Thanks HBF for me.

9:00 PM  
Blogger crazymumma said...

Like I have said before. She is going to rock your world when she is 13.
hahahahahahahaha

aherm.

sorry.

10:54 PM  
Blogger Pgoodness said...

LOL! I'm laughing AND rolling my eyes! Love puns like that.

11:01 PM  
Blogger Liz Miller said...

I thought for a moment it was a Yoda impression. Then I groaned. MS would die of jealousy.

11:15 PM  
Blogger Jenn said...

bahahaha! that may be coming up at a dinner table here in the near future... :P

12:49 AM  
Blogger Run ANC said...

Not bad,man.

4:10 AM  
Blogger Lotus (Sarcastic Mom) said...

Yeaaahhh, that's actually pretty good.

My husband says lovely things like, "Some hams just can't be cured!" about him and my son and the way they like to ham it up.

Ah, but it's endearing, eh? ;-)

3:30 PM  
Blogger Maureen Fitzgerald said...

Oh - that was good...or maybe I've just been hanging around too many preschoolers.

3:43 PM  
Blogger Suburban Gorgon said...

I think HBF and the Minotaur should be prevented from ever meeting. I don't think I could handle this household if it got any punnier.

9:01 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

HAHAHA...had to re-read that a few times to get it....tuber to close to you....and tuberculosis...ok.LAVANDULA

10:16 AM  
Blogger Damselfly said...

He's quick!

2:16 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I thought that was hilarious but I'm European so that may not count;-))

5:43 PM  
Blogger Jaelithe said...

OH. MY. GOD.

I just realized that your husband and my husband are twins who were separated at birth. Or maybe clones.

9:50 PM  

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