FUNNY THEN, NOT FUNNY NOW
My son posted this Facebook status yesterday: If I could write a letter to myself and have had it delivered two minutes ago, it would read "don't use your windshield sprayer with your windows down, dummy."
I had to laugh because I once did something similar—not to myself, but to my husband (who unfortunately for him is usually the victim of the goofball things I do). When we lived on Long Island and our son was a baby, I would drive my husband to the train station every morning and stop in front of the little commuter coffee shop so DH could go inside and buy us each a coffee before heading to the platform. On this one particular day, there he was, walking back to the car, holding two cups of coffee, wearing his spiffy suit and tie, and for reasons I'll never understand I decided that was the perfect time to wash away the dead bug on the windshield. I hit the sprayer, and OMG. Wiper fluid sprayed all over him. He stood there, frozen with disbelief, this shocked look on his face. I was horrified and clapped my hands on my face like Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone. It's funny now—but not funny then.
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This is exactly what I looked like.
My other big Funny Now, Not Funny Then tale once again involves my poor DH. We were having company over for dinner and I'd been cooking all day. Hubby was dressed in his spiffy sweater and dress pants, ready to receive guests who were due in about an hour. In my haste to clean up the sink, I shoved too many potato and onion peels down the disposal—and clogged it. Hubby was leaning over the sink, peering deep into the disposal hole when I—again for reasons I'll never understand—hit the switch. That sucker erupted like Mount Vesuvius, plastering him with a veritable crapload of peelings. Oh. My. God. I did my Macaulay Culkin imitation again and apologized profusely–all while trying not to laugh. Luckily my DH is a VERY patient man. He calmly wiped his face, fixed the disposal, took another shower, and for reasons that escape me, still loves me. One good bonus from the Disposal Escapade—it became a scene in a book.
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Mount Vesuvius, aka My Sink Disposal
Do you have any Funny Now, Not Funny Then moments? If not, how about something that made you laugh? Leave a comment this week (Monday thru Friday) and you're eligible for this week's prize donated by Whine Sister Kathleen O'Reilly—a $25 Amazon gift certificate! Winner will be announced on Saturday!
