Knowing
The banana loaf I was making was in the oven when my 16-year-old came into the kitchen where the family had gathered.
“That bread smells about done don’t you think, Mom?” he asked.
I told him I had set the timer and it was fine.
A little later he repeated his suggestion. “Mom, I really think that loaf is done. Maybe you should check it.”
Always quick to come to my defence, my 13-year-old son said, “Eddie, Mom’s been burning that banana bread for 20 years now. I think she knows when to take it out.”
Communications
My father, an Army major, was conducting a field test when communications went dead. Immediately, he jumped into a jeep and ordered a sergeant to speed to the command station.
When my father and the sergeant ran in, the group cheered their arrival. The commanding officer then stepped forward and shook my father’s hand. “Don’t congratulate me, sir,” my father said modestly as he pointed to his driver. “It was all the sergeant’s doing.”
The commanding officer nodded and turned to the sergeant.
“Congratulations,” he said. “The major’s wife just had a baby girl.”
New Girlfriend
“So, how are you getting along with your gorgeous new girlfriend?”
“Not so good. I asked her whether she could learn to love me.”
“Yeah — and?”
“She asked how much I was willing to spend on her education.”
