Twisted words………
On my way home from work one bright summer day, I decided to pleasantly surprise my lovely wife by bringing to her one of her favorite snacks. I reasoned that if the way to a man’s heart is thru his stomach, then maybe it works with girls too. Also, I was just being thoughtful because I love her :).
Anyway, I stopped at the nearest convenience store. I collected the snack (a large pepperoni stick) along with some other items and got in line at the checkout counter. I could tell right away that the young checkout clerk was new to the job because of an obvious lack of confidence, and I had never seen her before.
When my turn came, she rang everything up nicely except for the pepperoni stick. “How much is that?” she asked. “My wife” I replied. The clerk and everyone else in the room looked at me kinda funny. “How much is that?” she asked again, indicating the pepperoni stick with her finger. “My wife!” I loudly replied again, somewhat puzzled. By now, this young woman behind the counter, along with everyone else in the room, were looking at me very strangely, and a couple of them were perturbed that I was holding up the line. I couldn’t understand why this clerk would ask me such a strange question! After all, she was a complete stranger to me.
After several seconds of feverish thought, it suddenly hit me. I started laughing so hard that I almost cried. Got some giggles from the people around me too, once I explained.
You see, the young woman’s question didn’t sound to me like what she was saying at all! The local atmosphere or my silly mind must have distorted her words. Everytime she said “How much is that?”, thats not what I heard. What I heard instead was “WHO MUNCHES THAT?”. :) Pretty funny.
Written by Darrell Hagan on February 20th, 2007 with
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