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A proposal ends in a vocabulary lesson.
I’d forgotten the ring, but I didn’t want to lose the perfect moment, with the way the moonlight danced on the water. I summoned all my courage, looked deeply into her eyes and asked the question I’d been practicing: “My love, I cannot imagine a greater happiness than if you and I were to live out our time on Earth as man and wife. Will you have me?”
She answered my question with a question. “Man and wife, respectively?”
“Certainly,” I said.
“Then, Yes!” she said, and kissed me.
I’ve since learned that “respectively” doesn’t mean the same as “respectfully.”
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I Can't Add Anything
...Except maybe my new "sig" pic!
Like the pic
but it's a funny looking dormouse!
Angharad
Angharad
Uhuh!
Leigh Richards
Cute, very very cute!
Leigh Richards
don't ya hate...
...when ya set youself up right from the proposal. Gotta watch where them words is going. Nice
Kristina
Man & Wife - With All Due Respects
This witty drabble says a lot in a few words about how married life can be all to often when both parties do not take the time to respect and accept the other. Your drabble has me chuckling.
May Your Light Forever Shine
May Your Light Forever Shine
Syntax?
Isn't that what the collection plate in a church was for?
Angharad
Angharad
Syntax
Yeah I heard about that.
Apparently it was when a padre, a priest and a rabbi were in a bar. The barman says "Is this some kind of a joke?"
Anyway, the three holy men were discussing the collections and how it was divvied up.
The padre says he drew a circle on the ground and threw the collection money in the air.
"Whatever lands inside the circle, goes to God."
The priest's method was similar but simpler. Rather than worrying about the size of the circle, he just drew a line then threw the money in the air.
"Whatever falls on my side of the line I keep and the rest goes to God."
The rabbi says "My way is simpler still. I just throw it all in the air and whatever God catches, he keeps."