Dropping
February 29, 2020
Friend: So you’re dropping fire on it?
Incompetently
February 28, 2020
Friend: I’ll incompetently try to catch the bug, while feeling for ring-shaped bulges on Orenda.
Hello
February 27, 2020
Me: I said, “Hello,” to [Colleague]. Big mistake.
Confused
February 26, 2020
Me: Don’t get Sir Neville Chamberlain confused with Sir Neville Henderson.
Deskless
February 25, 2020
Wife: Oh, you pay your desk friends? That’s good. You wouldn’t want to become desk homeless.
Me: Wouldn’t that be deskless?
Heats
February 24, 2020
Wife: Laptop takes six memory sticks at once. Totally hot!
…
Because the laptop heats up.
Qualifier
February 23, 2020
Friend: I just was in the main office, and people were mumbling about the qualifier.
Use
February 22, 2020
Eight-Year-Old: I’ve never seen someone use magic underwater, except for me.
Flaming
February 21, 2020
Twelve-Year-Old: My motorcycle exploded because it hit a curb.
Me: That’s what happens when you have a magical, flaming motorcycle.
Iphigenia
February 20, 2020
Me: My memory must be going. I thought that the only ancient Greek play that I’d seen live was Iphigenia in Aulis.
Apologies to my brother, who was actually in The Women of Troy.