Conversation in the Yukon Cornelius.
Girl 1: Mom, why does Patsy (name changed to protect the innocent) live in a condom?
Me: Um. EXCUSE ME?
Girl 1: Wait. No, that's not right. Not a condom. A condominium.
Me: Cheesus. Wait. Who lives in a condominium??? Sometimes called a CONDO. NOT TO BE CONFUSED WITH A CONDOM.
Girl 1: Which, by the way, what is a condom again?
Me: Can we have this conversation another time? Please?
Girl 1: Yes, it's okay, mom. Anyway I'm pretty sure I know and now I feel just silly for making that mistake, but I'm so glad it was with you and not, y'know, the public?
Me: Yes. Me, too.
Girl 1: So, why does she live in a condo? That's like those double houses, right? Oh, wait. That's complex, right? Not, like I have a complex, but like she lives in a complex. Wait. Is it a complex? It's something that sounds like condo and complex.
Me: CHEESUS. A DUPLEX???
Girl 1: THAT'S IT!!! A DUPLEX!!! Jeez, mom. What took you so long to say the right word?
8 comments:
Should we send her a pic of our townhouse here, and let you try and explain the difference between townhouse, apartment complex, duplex, condo and condom? That could be fun! Actually I think C videoed it and sent it to boy child (ignore me sticking my tongue out at the camera - I am all mature that way!!)
LOL! I live in a duplex, and not once have I come home and thought "It's nice to be back in the condom".
she'll be glad to know that you only shared her mistake in a blog, that's not exactly public, right? oh the complexities...
Durex is a condom brand. Please do not get it mixed up with duplex.
@Shannon - yeah. let's not confuse the girl anymore than necessary. ;o) @kellie - thoughts you hope you will never have. @jamiew - well, my stats are pretty low? @Stephen - you bring a whole new level of confusion to the table. I either forgot I knew that or I never actually knew that.
That is hilarious! I totally would have spit my coffee out if I was drinking any when I was reading this! Love it!
~whatimeant2say
@whatimeant2say - girl 1 has the same problem I do. our love of words makes us susceptible to dangerous confusions.
I think this boils down to a filing issue. Some people file words differently in their brain. Girl 1 hears something else in some words, and files them accordingly. It's a sensory mix up, like people who can taste colors.
Me--I mix up names. There is something that makes Debra and Brenda identical to me. I cannot for the life of me get them separated. But neither has any flavor.
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