I was going through Akemi’s shopping list this morning when, some five items down, came across: “Light balls?”
“Yes,”she confirmed.
“Light BALLS?”I repeated.
“Yes,”she said. “To replace the ones upstairs.”
And then, realizing: “Light BULBS.”
She stared quizzically back at me.
“BULBS,”I said. “Not BALLS.”
“What?!”she said, borderline outraged, as if I just informed her I was kicking her out. Then: “What???!!!!”
“Yes,”I said. “It’s light bulbs. B-U-L-B-S.”
She found this altogether bizarre. It reminded me of the time I informed her it wasn’t “Happy Delayted Birthday” but, in fact, “Happy Belated Birthday.”
“What?! What???!!! Not delayted???”
“No,”I said. “Not delayted.”
“But delayted makes sense because it’s delayed. Belated doesn’t mean anything!”
To quote another Akemi-ism: “Jesus Crisis!”
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I’m partial to Instant Curry Meshi (Curry Rice) from Nissin.
Lulu’s pick in tonight’s National Championship game…
Georgia!
Honestly, what did you expect? Those bulldogs stick together!
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