professor x: what’s ur superpower
me: hindsight
professor x: that won’t help us
me: yes i see that now
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So many people to disappoint, so little time
I wish I had the determination of my wife who’s still flipping through radio stations as we pull into our driveway.
ME: i’ve got two problems – i’m sick with covid, and i can’t tell the difference between the words “dying” and “doing”
DOCTOR: these tests say you’re doing incredibly well
ME: thanks tell my wife I love her
my body is a machine that turns traumatic experiences into 10 likes on twitter
They say the camera adds 10 lbs.
Looks like fast food added the other 40.
Stop blaming lazy people!
They didn’t do anything
Me: But what will I eat?
Nutritionist: *provides me with a list of healthy foods*
Me:
Nutritionist:
Me: But what will I eat?
My 5 year old memorized my phone number and I just figured out he gives it to everyone he encounters
Brain: Walk up to her and offer her a drink.
Me: I WANT TO DRINK YOU LIKE A SIPPY CUP.
Brain: Can you actually hear me?
Me: what was with King Solomon having 300 concubines?
Bible scholar: it’s a mistranslation
[Flashback]
King Solomon: more porcupines
Me to my first grade class: Everyone please close your eyes for a minute.
6yo: Did you forget to put on your deodorant again?
my favorite maggie smith movie will always be hook, which she played at 56 years old but the makeup was so good it confused an entire generation of people when she just kept looking the same or better for the next 3 decades
You ever just look at your spouse and KNOW they’re the one you want to fall asleep really soon so you don’t have to share your pizza rolls with?
[thanksgiving dinner]
mom: no politics tonight
everyone: absolutely
me: this casserole reminds me of the bolshevik revolution
Spent most of my day helping customers find things at Home Depot…I don’t even work there.
I thrive in a waiting room. u need me to sit in a chair and look at my phone? No worries love i do this at home
who else gets a little disappointed when the emergency broadcast test isn’t an actual emergency? it’s like, hurry up already aliens
[1st day as IT guy]
CUSTOMER: My laptop is down today, can you help?
ME: I’ll try [softly, to laptop] Cheer up, bud, everything will be ok
It’s the little things that show you care. When she makes my sammich I always ask her if she wants a bite.
Protip: When your kid interrupts your next Zoom meeting just say “Oh, thats just the intern”.
jk rowling: every character will have a meaningful arc. harry finds the family he never had
editor: nice
jk rowling: ron faces his fears. hermione questions authority.
editor: what about, what’s his name, neville?
jk rowling: oh, shawty gets DUMB thicc
There is so much misplaced anger in this world. And so much of it is aimed at Brussels sprouts. Sad.
me: *joking* i’m always right! i’m NEVER wrong.
7: well. sometimes you are. remember when –
me: shut up
A gym so fancy they call it a James.
[family WhatsApp group]
me: I’ll visit this weekend
dad: OK
mom is typing…
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mom is typing…mom: bring a sweater, it’s cold
[2018]
ALIEN: take me to ur leader
ME: uh ok *takes him to president Donald Trump*
ALIEN: lol good one but seriously where’s ur real leader
you’d think someone who calls themselves a rat-catcher by trade would be more prepared for having a rat thrown at them, just goes to show people aren’t always who they say they are.
I keep getting snagged in seemingly random single threads of webbing in my kitchen, which means I either have a spider casting a web of incomprehensible dimensions (terrifying) or a spider that spends their nights swinging around pretending they’re Peter Parker (delightful)
Instead of throwing away broken phone charger cords, 5 years ago I started saving them for an experiment. I’m 3 cords away from a complete world wrap around.
Them: did I tell you about [such & such] ?
Me: Yes
(No they had not)