Torm
Explorer
My wife and kids and I went up to Missouri to visit my dad for the last week of December, and all of us except my son ended up getting pretty sick - my wife especially - and we also ended up having a really crappy time and leaving early due to my step-mother arguing with my dad and making it clear we weren't welcome. (Bear with me - this is the setup.)
So we've travelled several hours across the bottom of Missouri, and stop in Poplar Bluff to eat. Pizza Inn is the only thing that looks both open and promising, so there we go. We're one of only two occupied tables, the dinner buffet is over, so we order from the menu. While we're waiting for the food, the two TVs are showing "The Emerald Bowl", and they go to commercial. "Extreme Nurses LOVE Emerald's Nuts!" Which is weird enough, all on its own. But then my daughter chimes in with, "Extreme Nurses LOVE Emeril's ----! BAM!" And now my wife is laughing, but having trouble breathing so it sounds a bit raspy. Then, before she can recover, another commercial. "Entangled Nine-year-olds LOVE Emerald's Nuts!" And again, my daughter repeats it in her perverted way, and now my wife has lost it, with even more rasp. And, I knew I shouldn't, but I started miming trying to start a car in time to her rasps and talking about how I "can't get it started".
She fled to the bathroom to be utterly sick, laughing the whole way - and even though it was probably unpleasant for her from that point, she is STILL amused about it. And, it turned out to be at least something happy from the trip that we can talk about.
But, ever since we've returned home, I can't help but wonder whether Eric Noah prefers Planters every time I visit ENWorld.
So we've travelled several hours across the bottom of Missouri, and stop in Poplar Bluff to eat. Pizza Inn is the only thing that looks both open and promising, so there we go. We're one of only two occupied tables, the dinner buffet is over, so we order from the menu. While we're waiting for the food, the two TVs are showing "The Emerald Bowl", and they go to commercial. "Extreme Nurses LOVE Emerald's Nuts!" Which is weird enough, all on its own. But then my daughter chimes in with, "Extreme Nurses LOVE Emeril's ----! BAM!" And now my wife is laughing, but having trouble breathing so it sounds a bit raspy. Then, before she can recover, another commercial. "Entangled Nine-year-olds LOVE Emerald's Nuts!" And again, my daughter repeats it in her perverted way, and now my wife has lost it, with even more rasp. And, I knew I shouldn't, but I started miming trying to start a car in time to her rasps and talking about how I "can't get it started".
She fled to the bathroom to be utterly sick, laughing the whole way - and even though it was probably unpleasant for her from that point, she is STILL amused about it. And, it turned out to be at least something happy from the trip that we can talk about.
But, ever since we've returned home, I can't help but wonder whether Eric Noah prefers Planters every time I visit ENWorld.
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