I bought these Cadbury candy-coated dark chocolate eggs today at Target and never imagined the colors would look like this. Good Lord! They're beautiful! I put them in a glass dish that belonged to my Mississippi grandmother, Ida Mae. My good friend D has been bugging me to tell more stories, to "anchor myself in my family," so I'll leave you with that tantalizing bit of family lore. Good Lord.
Oliver disappeared into the bathroom after school, and since we live in a tiny bungalow, I heard him talking from my bedroom where I stood folding laundry. I couldn't make out what he was saying, but he appeared animated, and I know he wasn't on the phone (he doesn't yet have one). I called out, What are you doing? He yelled back, I'm in the bathroom! I heard some more conversation, so I said Who are you talking to? He yelled back something something, so I put down the five millionth pair of white socks, walked out into the hallway and said through the closed door, Who are you talking to?
SIRI!!!!!! he shouted.
Good Lord, I thought and walked back to fold the rest of the laundry.
**As the wise Ms. Moon pointed out in the comments, if he doesn't have a phone, how was Oliver speaking with Siri? Well, Reader, Oliver is not insane. He actually has an iPod Touch 5 which apparently does have Siri. Good Lord.
"Good Lord!" is one of my favorite exclamations. My brother-in-law always said that and he was so dear.
ReplyDeleteSo wait- I missed something. How could Oliver being talking to Siri if he didn't have a phone? Is she in the ether now? Glen is always talking to Siri and I'm always like, "Who are you talking to?" and he's all like, "Siri!" But he is holding the phone while he's doing that.
This made me laugh...thank you.
ReplyDeleteI wish I'd read this post before I went to Target this afternoon. I should talk to Siri more. It would probably be more productive than some of the conversations I have now.
ReplyDeleteGood Grief is one of my favorites along with the aforementioned Good Lord. I think I've taken to use Good Grief at work so as not to offend anyone - I just realized that!
ReplyDeleteI was with Ms. Moon until I got to the clarification. Trying to figure out what Siri was "in" if he didn't have a phone. Figured maybe Siri lives in your bathroom...
but what is he talking to her about?..life in general??...I say good lord all the time and when I am around my born again sisters I get the "look" which makes me want to say it more..ha!
ReplyDeleteI thought Siri might be his god.
ReplyDeleteMy dear friend says, about 100 times a day, "Oh, dear heavenly Lord," I love it! This post made me chuckle! I also went to Target today, and also paired five million white socks.
ReplyDeleteI say "Good Lord" all the time. Dave makes fun of me for it. It's sort of Sheldon Cooper-ish.
ReplyDeleteI'm laughing at the thought of Siri in the ether, as Ms Moon said. I suppose that can't be far off!
I love your subtle humor. And Good Lord! I love stories like this of your Oliver.
ReplyDeleteMy girls talk to Siri too. She's like the modern day Oracle of Delphi.
Good Lord is right up there with "Jesus, Mary and Joseph and good St. Ann" which is one of my mother's favorite lines.
ReplyDeleteGood Lord is right! and is it totally lame that I don't have a clue who or what this "Siri" is???
ReplyDeleteI want those eggs and I want 'em now.
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