Awesome wife-ism No. 312

Friday evening was a busy one for the Fraser household.

I had to bail early on a company meeting at a local hotel (though I did manage to score two free beers before high-tailing it) in order to get home in time to help get the boys fed and ready to run out the door.  We had a birthday party at 6 p.m. and Amy had a girlfriend's baby shower at 7, just a few blocks away from the birthday party, thankfully.

So there we were at our friends' house in north Edmonton, mingling amiably on the balcony while Lance (the birthday boy's dad) and Bernie (random friend #2) hauled the barbeque down to the back patio.  (They have a walk-out basement that slopes down to the man-made lake, so the balcony is just off the main floor.)  I was chatting with my lovely wife and another wifely person on the balcony, both of whom were wearing summer skirts of one sort or another.  (My wife in denim, the other a breezy, flowery thing in subtle, seasonal hues... not that it really matters.)

The barbeque secured on the patio beneath the balcony, Lance looked up with the mischievous glint in his eye that marks so much of what he does and barked, "Hey ladies, nice skirts!  How come your carpet doesn't match the curtains?"

Both ladies looked down at Lance, their collective eyebrows raised in that way that married women have, and then at each other, also in that way that only married women have.  Unfortunately for Lance, Amy decided to retort.  "Sorry Lance, no carpet."

He walked away to attend to important matters of cooking, mumbling something incoherent, flushing slightly.  Amy turned to me, then, "Well, that shut him up, didn't it?"

I just smiled and enjoyed the rest of the evening.

Comments

[Mark]

I like the arbitrary numbering in the post title.

Nice zinger, Amy.

[Moksha Gren]

Yes, hardwood floors do match just about any curtains. And they're fun to slide around on ;)

[Dave]

*LOL* Nice going Amy!!!!

I'd have probably told the guy to stare real hard, and I'd make it do a trick for him... then poured a drink on his face! *LOL*

[Simon]

Mark,

Amy excels at the zingers. When they're not directed AT me, I enjoy them even more.

Moksha,

I'm going to have to remember that "hardwood floor" comment, that's both appropriate AND seems like a double-entendre.

Dave,

I have trouble picturing YOU in a short skirt, but the image is certainly worthy of a chuckle.

[Moksha Gren]

Yeah, at first I was going to say "tile floor"...but hardwood just had a better zing to it.

Ok, I'm gonna move onto your next post because I feel kinda dirty when you trick me into thinking about your wife's...hardwood ;)

[Dave]

What? You don't like my legs! *gasp*

Have you been peeking up my skirt????