The Buckets by Greg Cravens for August 18, 2011

It’s slightly different at my house.It’s usually " What were you thinking " Although my reply is the same " Nothing "

“The Art of American Conversation, or How TV Improved Communication” is now available in hard cover on e-bay.

We do this all the time only with the roles reversed.

Hearken, brethren. When She-who-has-a-right-to-ask interrogates you concerning a change she finds in your mood answer her thus: Tell her that you, in a sudden rage, have murdered your grandmother; tell her that you have robbed orphans and that remorse has stricken you; tell her your fortune is swept away; that you are beset by enemies, by bunions, by any kind of malevolent fate; but do not, if peace and happiness are worth as much as a grain of mustard seed to you—do not answer her “Nothing.”

-O. Henry, The Rubaiyat of a Scotch Highball

It must be hard to think of something.

Haha!

xxx

when they’re both passed onnobody really ages after that

Problem with being asked what you’re thinking …. is that the thought disappears as soon as the question is asked. Which is really annoying when it was a good thought. At least, I think it was a good thought.

@widgetsX3thanks for the link – I’m off to search for a whistle!