What shall we do today?

Jaybird180

Jaybird180

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...I came to my wife with a brilliant idea! We should Go to the Kwanzaa celebration today!

She asked, "Is that before or after you make the bed?" So I pondered....what if I never make the bed? Would it be before or after? How do I answer such a trick question? Do I have a smartass answer that will suffice?

Before the cycle was complete she added, in her loving way "Then you won't have to hear my mouth. Do you want to keep hearing my mouth?"

Oh, the possibilities...

Since I let the moment slide with punctuation, I thought it would be fun to hear some of the responses that the guy who looks like me in another universe might have said instead. I figure PoA can probably dial that frequency quite well. Please tell what was said.
 
Who makes beds? Just going to climb back into it in 12 hours or so. Unless you're planning on giving bedroom tours or something...
 
denverpilot said:
Who makes beds? Just going to climb back into it in 12 hours or so. Unless you're planning on giving bedroom tours or something...
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Make your bed the first thing in the morning and have the satisfaction of completing one task today.
Me, I just pull the wrinkles out. I save fluffing the pillows until I need to use them again.
 
silver-eagle said:
Make your bed the first thing in the morning and have the satisfaction of completing one task today.

Me, I just pull the wrinkles out. I save fluffing the pillows until I need to use them again.
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Bah. If I needed something to accomplish, it wouldn't be yanking on linens in the morning. LOL
 
By the way, ironically, I'm giving a short class next week to staff on procurement specification writing. Shall and will are the two most commonly misused words. Reference: Bid solicitation by an owner for services provided by a vendor:

"The vendor will provide startup and training services." Maybe they will, and maybe they won't. The problem is that you haven't actually told them to do it.

"The owner shall provide office space to the vendor." Okay, great. I'm the vendor. It's nice to know that somebody has placed that requirement on the owner do do such, but can I assume that they actually will provide office space in my bid? If they don't, I have no recourse the way the contract is written.

Will = a stated assumption that something is going to happen. Not relevant to the vendor's actions.

Shall = a directive to do something. Not relevant to the owner's actions.
 
Some guys do not understand wife speak, to interpret that was a NO
 
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