Iron from Wonderland
A clueless husband from Wonderland must have packed this shirt, attaching a “No Iron” tag to it and putting it inside an “Iron Medium” bag.
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Chapstick trick
For a few days, Allison kept using the last remains of her chapstick. She got to the point when most of what she was getting on her lips was plastic case rather than lip balm. A few days into this, she finally realized that the chapstick was not almost gone. …
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Mystery trucks
This morning Allison looked out the window and mentioned a big truck was arriving in front of our home. We looked at it and commented that we didn’t know of any construction happening on our street. Later that morning I saw more trucks and again wondered what was happening. I …
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Firefly bedroom
When our bedroom fan lights started going out, I found out that the regular light bulbs don’t fit it. The sockets are much smaller than those made for regular light bulbs. What a pain. So I went on a long detective quest researching, buying, and trying out different bulbs, until …
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Solo honeymoon
A man was arrested at the Miami International Airport for joking that he had explosives in his bag. His bail was set at $50,000. That’s exactly what my wife did 15 years ago when we were going through airport security to go on our honeymoon. The TSA folks did not …
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Harmonious bathroom
Allison, my parents, my sister and I went to a flute and piano recital last night. It was in a large auditorium at Allison’s university. Before the starting time, I announced I was going to the bathroom, and my dear wife pointed to where she thought the bathrooms were, following …
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Football slickness
My high school is having a reunion for alumni who played in the football team. I can’t make it, but they asked for humorous stories so I contributed this one: One season I decided to join the football team to see what that was like, even though I knew nothing …
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Odd bathroom
I’d have thought it’d be hard to top the Secret Service close-call affair the same day, but I did. When at Reagan National Airport, about to board my flight back home, I went to the bathroom. I rushed into the bathroom. I walked past the stalls looking for the urinals, …
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Chewable vitamins
Allison asked me to buy chewable multi-vitamins at the store. I did, but when I got home I was notified I got her vitamins for age 50+. An age mistake in the wrong direction…
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