Sleep deprivation definitely affects one's ability to speak English with one's usual acuity. Here is a conversation today between my husband and friend on the phone in front of me while I was changing the boy wonder:
M: We just got done bathing him and we have these cute little bath cloth things...
Me: They're called towels.
M: yeah, towels. And they have this pocket on them for the head...
Me: Hood, honey, they're called hoods.
M: Yeah, hoods. And it's got the head of a cow.
Me: It's a hippo. Not a cow.
M: Yeah, a hippo...
You get the gist. This went on and on. It's actually really fun for us to try and figure out what the hell the other one is saying. It's like living on 10,000 Pyramid (or whatever the amount is these days) without the cash prizes.
GIVE HIM TO ME!!!!!!!
Posted by: auntie kara | January 11, 2005 at 12:35 PM
hey wait a minute. how come there are pics of lowell and jeffrey but none of me?
Posted by: auntie kara | January 11, 2005 at 12:40 PM
me(calling into the next room): kevin?
kev(calling back): yeah?
me: what's the bottom part of a tree called?
kev: uh, you mean the trunk?
me: YES! the TRUNK. thank you!
Posted by: auntie kara | March 28, 2005 at 09:12 PM