How many people reading this would get eggs at a “market”? Or in other words, when I go to the grocery store, I’m not going to a “market” in my own mind, I’m going to the “grocery” or the “grocery store”. How about you?
PS: We do in fact buy some of our eggs at the Farmers Market, but we buy the use for baking eggs at the grocery store.
As we become legendary in our Earthly journey my Wife, of some 49 horridly looooong and tumultuous years, and I constant play the game of who is becoming senile first, you left the oven on, you did not shut the refrigerator door, you left salad on the counter and around we go, kind of fun if you are demented.
For those in Europe you are too young to remember payments by cheque/check, have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque. When I moved to Switzerland I tried to use a (British) cheque to open a new account. The Swiss bank clerk had never seen one and had to ask her manager to help her process it. That was in 2003.
I was walking out to run errands. She said, pick up some milk. I said okay. Oh, she said, get a loaf of bread, too. Fine, I said. Just before I walked out she said, better get some eggs. I said, whoa, let me write this down. Two items is my memory limit.
The Engineer went to the grocery store. His wife said to get a loaf of bread and if they have eggs, get a dozen. He came back with 12 loaves of bread and no eggs.
I don’t let my husband do any of those tasks. He would do them all wrong too. I buy groceries, pay the bills and he has no idea where the salt is in the pantry. He is an “engineer”. Software engineer.
years ago, one Thanksgiving my wife needed thyme…she ran out … so she sends me to the store, and took my 6 and 5 year old grandsons….we returned an hour later, i’d spent like $50…..and forgot the thyme
eastern.woods.metal about 3 years ago
A woman will ALWAYS let you know what you did wrong
billcor about 3 years ago
ok at least he’s rich so he couldn’t be stupid.
Concretionist about 3 years ago
How many people reading this would get eggs at a “market”? Or in other words, when I go to the grocery store, I’m not going to a “market” in my own mind, I’m going to the “grocery” or the “grocery store”. How about you?
PS: We do in fact buy some of our eggs at the Farmers Market, but we buy the use for baking eggs at the grocery store.
keenanthelibrarian about 3 years ago
2 rules for a happy marriage – Rule 1 Your wife is always correct; Rule 2 Refer to rule 1
ikini Premium Member about 3 years ago
It’s better than putting pepper in the salt shaker.
wallylm about 3 years ago
When you make a typo, the errorists win! (thought someone would’ve brought that one up by now)
bexwhitt about 3 years ago
Who still uses Checks?
Baarorso about 3 years ago
The thing about retired people is that their “honeydo” lists are longer than when they were working.;-D
mariodealpine about 3 years ago
Three SnortS!!!!
Doug K about 3 years ago
Is that all? Last time there were at least 7 things on the list.
Nala the Great about 3 years ago
That’s only in one hour!
-Saint- about 3 years ago
Sounds like my house…!
Brockie about 3 years ago
As we become legendary in our Earthly journey my Wife, of some 49 horridly looooong and tumultuous years, and I constant play the game of who is becoming senile first, you left the oven on, you did not shut the refrigerator door, you left salad on the counter and around we go, kind of fun if you are demented.
c141starlifter about 3 years ago
Wiley must have a spy cam in our home.
Mark Jeffrey Premium Member about 3 years ago
For those in Europe you are too young to remember payments by cheque/check, have a look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheque. When I moved to Switzerland I tried to use a (British) cheque to open a new account. The Swiss bank clerk had never seen one and had to ask her manager to help her process it. That was in 2003.
Ubintold about 3 years ago
Quit bothering me with details.
unfair.de about 3 years ago
Are there still people using checks? It’s either an app, plastic or bills now here.
jvo about 3 years ago
Bank cheques for really big things like buying a house
well-i-never about 3 years ago
Luckily, he’s parked right by the front door for a quick escape…and run to the market.
Lenavid about 3 years ago
I bet Uncle Joe could correct those market errors with a few extra trillion tax dollars!
dot-the-I about 3 years ago
“But, Hon, it can’t be overdrawn – I still have some checks left!”
dflak about 3 years ago
If a man says something in the middle of a forest and there is nobody there to hear him, is he still wrong?
eastern.woods.metal about 3 years ago
Nobody else can use those cheques, I signed them all
vaughnrl2003 Premium Member about 3 years ago
Well, at least we know home land security is watching.
sandpiper about 3 years ago
And now he has egg on his face. Life’s hard to take at the slow end.
More Coffee Please! Premium Member about 3 years ago
Story of my life.
gigagrouch about 3 years ago
“And god created woman to tell the man what he’s doing wrong.”
thelordthygod666 about 3 years ago
Naggingism?
writerofstories about 3 years ago
Cartoonist probably EAST COAST.
puliarf about 3 years ago
Write checks? Can’t tell you the last time I wrote one. Don’t know where the checkbook is at the moment
potfarmer about 3 years ago
Been there, still there.
mistercatworks about 3 years ago
So, tomorrow’s breakfast is going to be a “no fry” zone.
phredturner about 3 years ago
At my house it is called “motivational Speech”
Redd Panda about 3 years ago
On concretetionist’s observation;
Gentlemen and Ladies go to ‘’the Market’’.
Ruffians and scalawags, go to the ‘’grocery store’’.
mwksix about 3 years ago
… and, you’re at the wrong house!
PoodleGroomer about 3 years ago
You didn’t sort the recyclables and set out the trash.
pflutke59 about 3 years ago
Just another day of marital bliss. Just say “Yes dear”.
Packratjohn Premium Member about 3 years ago
I was walking out to run errands. She said, pick up some milk. I said okay. Oh, she said, get a loaf of bread, too. Fine, I said. Just before I walked out she said, better get some eggs. I said, whoa, let me write this down. Two items is my memory limit.
Richard S Russell Premium Member about 3 years ago
NPR has a weekday-evening radio show called “Marketplace”, hosted by Kai Ryssdal, and that ain’t the kind of market they talk about there.
locake about 3 years ago
The Engineer went to the grocery store. His wife said to get a loaf of bread and if they have eggs, get a dozen. He came back with 12 loaves of bread and no eggs.
locake about 3 years ago
I don’t let my husband do any of those tasks. He would do them all wrong too. I buy groceries, pay the bills and he has no idea where the salt is in the pantry. He is an “engineer”. Software engineer.
joannesshadow about 3 years ago
How many people think he did all those things wrong on purpose?
Wilde Bill about 3 years ago
OK. But my biggest error was saying, “I do” instead of “Oh, heII no!”
PaulPriems about 3 years ago
We call it a supermarket here in Aus!
MFRXIM Premium Member about 3 years ago
We can’t agree on how to load the dishwasher, so I just let him rearrange it after I’m done.
oakie817 about 3 years ago
years ago, one Thanksgiving my wife needed thyme…she ran out … so she sends me to the store, and took my 6 and 5 year old grandsons….we returned an hour later, i’d spent like $50…..and forgot the thyme
Bicycle Dude about 3 years ago
That could be my wife.
tcviii Premium Member almost 3 years ago
It’s not the word I would use, but I totally understood “market” to mean grocery store.