....to make me giggle. Well, namely my sister.
Outwardly intelligent and articulate, she comes out with the most baffling questions for me.
10 minutes ago, she comes in from the kitchen, wearing a puzzled expression. "If I ask you something, will you promise not to laugh? And not to tell anyone?"
<Grinning in anticipation> "Nope. Go."
"Weeell. You know my new car is a 1.6, and the old one was a 2 litre?"
"Yeeeesss....?"
"Why do people keep saying to me that it will be cheaper to run? Does it mean that it took two litres of petrol to fill the old car up, and 1.6 litres to fill this one up?"
Other classics include:
Can anyone top that?
Outwardly intelligent and articulate, she comes out with the most baffling questions for me.
10 minutes ago, she comes in from the kitchen, wearing a puzzled expression. "If I ask you something, will you promise not to laugh? And not to tell anyone?"
<Grinning in anticipation> "Nope. Go."
"Weeell. You know my new car is a 1.6, and the old one was a 2 litre?"
"Yeeeesss....?"
"Why do people keep saying to me that it will be cheaper to run? Does it mean that it took two litres of petrol to fill the old car up, and 1.6 litres to fill this one up?"
Other classics include:
- Her not being sure of the difference between the meanings of INVINCIBLE and INVISIBLE
- Not knowing where Hong Kong is, and
- Having genuine difficulty with the concept of washing liquid as opposed to powder
Can anyone top that?
Erm, thats different.
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