» humor http://nooccar.com An east coast couple raising a family deep in the southwest. Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:28:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Overhead at our dinner table http://nooccar.com/2009/06/06/overhead-at-our-dinner-table/ http://nooccar.com/2009/06/06/overhead-at-our-dinner-table/#comments Sat, 06 Jun 2009 05:36:18 +0000 nooccar http://nooccar.com/?p=629 Claire sitting at the coffee table eating dinner while Dante lays under her feet in hopes of catching some crumbs, “Dante! Leave! You’re pissing me off!”

Mama and Dad’s eye brows raised toward one another.

Me, “um….” Thinking it’s my truck driver vernacular that got us to this point.

Mama, “Claire, you shouldn’t tell the dog that he’s pissing you off. Tell him he’s upsetting you. That’s an adult phrase.”

Claire’s reply. “But, Mama, what if he IS pissing me off?”

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