Thursday, 4 July 2013

Marital conversations (35)

(After 2 weeks of spending a lot of time either in York, where Mum is in hospital after breaking a hip, and Bromsgrove, where a grandson has had chicken pox.)

M: I haven't seen Joan (our elderly neighbour) for ages

C: You haven't seen your wife for ages

M: Well I've been spreading myself rather thinly. ...But you can always have the thick end.

C: You're DISGUSTING!

M (taken aback): It's an ANALEGORY! (Expression of indignation rather defused by choice of a non-existent noun.)

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