Brigid
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Fri Jul-25-08 01:09 PM
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Those flinty New Englanders . . . |
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Edited on Fri Jul-25-08 01:12 PM by Brigid
A New England man and his wife were constantly feuding over household chores, and neither wanted to give in and let the other have the last word. Finally one day the husband demanded that his wife bake him up some biscuits. She, in turn, demanded that he go out and bring in some firewood. Without a word, the man walked straight out the back door, through the back yard, found the road into town, and was never seen again. He was gone for twenty years, he worked as a logger for a while, then because a merchant seaman. At last, after twenty years, he returned home. As he approached the back door, he saw a stack of firewood. He picked up an armload and entered the house.
"Here's your goddammed firewood," he said to his wife.
She reached up on top of the refrigerator brought down a plate of something old, dry, and moldy. "And here is your goddammed plate of biscuits," she said.
Now this is why you never argue with a woman! :evilgrin:
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petronius
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Fri Jul-25-08 01:15 PM
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1. Actually, if the biscuits were old, it sounds like she gave in first |
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So the moral is really that it shouldn't take 20 years to realize that you've won an argument... :)
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panhead1961
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Fri Jul-25-08 01:24 PM
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2. I see nothing wrong with that - Then again I'm from NH |
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He did win. She had already cooked the biscuits.
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Brigid
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Sat Jul-26-08 12:03 PM
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3. But what did he win, exactly? |
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Edited on Sat Jul-26-08 12:04 PM by Brigid
A plate of moldy biscuits! She got an armload of nice fresh firewood! :rofl:
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Sat Jul-26-08 12:05 PM
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4. This actually happened to me. |
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Edited on Sat Jul-26-08 12:06 PM by billyoc
Editing to say it's not quite the same, I've only been gone 11 years so far.
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