John fell down the steps. Later, when confessing to doing 3 things at once -- carrying a cup of coffee, descending the mountain of steps, and trying to rotate a lens to turn on a flashlight -- he joked about it. "I decided to keel off the steps. I only had 4 to go...."
At med-check, when they took his blood pressure, he disagreed, "That's not right!"
Then the doctor's attendant came to discuss his arm, the worst injury. She explored the shoulder and arm joint, but he's not one to say "Ouch" or complain. His way of saying you found the sore spot was,
"You're doing a good job."
"Ah. No. Let's not do that!"
To his chagrin she palpitated even more!
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Me: Which do you want for supper, chili, Italian chicken, or tuna salad sandwiches?
John: I'll eat the chili another day, for a special occasion.
Me: What special occasion?
John: When I'm in a bad mood and I need something good to eat.
Okaaaaa...we'll go with that.
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Some one said to John, "You were brave marrying the preacher's daughter!"
John, ever the quick wit, "Young and stupid."
I jumped in, "What? You're sorry?"
John, saving face again, "Never have I been!!!!"
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We were laughing about Neil Sedaka's song Calendar Girl (John's a trivia buff when it comes to music) and the movie Calendar Girls and their funny lines, "It's not naked, it's nude!' "What's the difference?" "It's art!"
I asked, "Am I your Calendar Girl?"
John said, "Yes, you're my little Calendar Girl."
"Which month?" I'm teasing him now, I know I'm "No Raving Beauty" as my mother and brothers attested to many times in my life, I just wanted to get a rise out of him.
His eyes were mischievously twinkling. I've been one-upped!
He delivered a double entendre!
He grinned, "Every one. A classic. I go crazy over folds."
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As I said, John's a music trivia buff, and today we're watching Jeopardy's music questions.
"Is Taylor Swift still recording songs?" I curiously asked him.
He replied, "She's winning all kinds of awards. She's too famous to sing."
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