Sunday, March 27, 2011

Steak Overheard.

Truman: It's like eating cotton candy! Only it's steak!

Mom: Ew, it reminds me of that thing in Sabriel.
Gwen: The stilken?
Mom: Oh, wait, that was in Lireal.
Gwen: But they mention a stilken in Sabriel.
G+Truman: Once.
Mom: Wow, you guys are nerds!

Late Night Talks with Truman

Tru: You're mean.
Gwen: Why? For laughing at people's discomfort? They laugh at mine.
Tru: That's because your discomfort is funny.

Tru: Sometimes?? Let's be honest. You're like a tornado. You blow up the house. Don't fight it! Embrace it! Embrace your inner tornado!

(So Aaron's not a Blanchard, but I laughed pretty hard so I'm sharing)

Curse Lent! I need caffeine!

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Lunatic

Tru: You're a loon.
Gwen: Well you're a lunatic! Ha!
Tru: You're a lunatermite.

Gwen: Do you like my jeans?
Tru: No, I do not like your knees!
Gwen: Hey! Wait, what?! I said jeans not knees!
Tru: Well I was expecting you to say socks and then you said jeans and I just...it was a very bad time in my life.

Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Homework Overheard

Ethan: Do my homework for me!
Gwen: No!
Ethan: Hey Nerd! Do my homework for me or else!


Mom: Hickey isn't a verb.
Dad: No, the verb is "to hoover."

Sunday, March 13, 2011

To, with, on, for, of, at. Eeew...

Gwen: I don't like it when people end sentences with prepositions. Mostly 'at.'
Ethan: Wait, how do you end a sentence with 'at'?
Gwen: "What time was it at?"
Dad: "Where were you at?"
Truman: "Where are you going?...at."

Gwen: Where do these go?
(Simultaneously)
Ethan: I don't know what those are.
Truman: Up your nostrils.



I know that "Who are you going with?" sounds less stilted than "With whom are you going?" But still. In many cases that dangling "at" creates an "eeew" in my brain.

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

When Dad Misbehaves at the Table

Truman: Yak's milk!
Mom: No! They don't strain it or pasteurize it or anything!
Truman: So I'll find some water.
Dad: No, it has yak poop in it.
Mom: Don't say poop at the table!
Dad: I didn't! I said yak poop!
Truman:...poop.