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(62,451 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)"Could you please go shopping for me and buy one carton of milk, And if they have avocados, get 6."
A while later the husband comes back with 6 cartons of milk. The wife asks him, "Why did you buy 6 cartons of milk?"
He replied, "They had avocados."
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(82,333 posts)Jenoch
(7,720 posts)Early in our marriage, heck when we were dating, I discovered my then girlfriend and future wife had little interest in cooking. Luckily, I am an avid home cook. My mother was a great home cook, from the 50s to the 80s. (She died six years ago at 78.) I learned to cook from her and from television cooking shows, not to mention trial and error.
rug
(82,333 posts)Hurt like hell.
That's the extent of my cooking experience.
Jenoch
(7,720 posts)They were in the appliance store and the salesman asked what kind of range they currently had (either gas or electric). The wife told the husband to answer the question, and he could not say with confidence if they had a gas or electric range.
Frankly, I think everyone should have the ability to prepare a meal for a family.
More than 60 years ago, my dad was in the U.S. Army and after basic training he was at an Army base and they lined the troops up and asked if any of them knew how to cook. (Never volunteer, right?) Anyway, since my grandmother worked nights cleaning offices in downtown Minneapolis, her children, my dad and his two older brothers, got to finish cooking the evening meal. There were 5 children, my grandfather, and two 'borders' to feed. (They sublet the two bedrooms upstairs.) This was during WWII. So, my dad raised his hand and was made a cook. Later, he was a Master Sergeant/cook in an MP company. Apparently, he was a good enough cook that they kept him in Alabama to train new cooks and he was never sent to Korea.
In WWII they wanted to make my father a cook. He was insulted so they had him drive a truck.
cbayer
(146,218 posts)He looks really befuddled and is quickly surrounded by women who want to help him, lol.
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(82,333 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)When I am putting together my list, I use roman numerals to indicate the number of items I want. That's because I put the list together while composing my recipes.
So, one onion = onion - l
Two onions = onions - ll
How many onions do you think I get when i want 2, lol?
Good thing I didn't want 3.
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(82,333 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)UTUSN
(70,744 posts)cbayer
(146,218 posts)Response to cbayer (Reply #25)
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cbayer
(146,218 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)...nice sigline gif!
cbayer
(146,218 posts)Where yat?
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)You might want to check that out.....
cbayer
(146,218 posts)krispos42
(49,445 posts)I don't recognize him with his shirt on.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)Is that Putin? But, on closer look it's not - plus, he'd have trained bears hauling his groceries for him.
tonekat
(1,820 posts)Once said during a monologue about guys going out and buying strange stuff, like Pelican Tongues. Now, I'm pretty sure Carson was getting high at the time, so it made perfect sense.
Art_from_Ark
(27,247 posts)It looks like a Monty Python cut-out man
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(82,333 posts)kwassa
(23,340 posts)Otherwise, I don't get the food I want to eat. Cooking real food is fun, actually. Instant gratification.
also, the difference between a semi-vegan husband and a vegetarian wife. We don't want to eat the same things.
sakabatou
(42,176 posts)Ikonoklast
(23,973 posts)I do all the grocery shopping for my family, as do my two brothers for theirs.
And my two grown sons for their families.
The men in my family all know how to cook...from scratch
My mother couldn't find a thing in a supermarket if her life depended on it.
Kaleva
(36,354 posts)benld74
(9,910 posts)I usually find something that is cheaper. But I still get into trouble for it.
Arkansas Granny
(31,532 posts)or is he being stalked by some kind of zombie? That face is downright spooky!
nolabear
(41,991 posts)Creepy little bugger.
MrScorpio
(73,631 posts)Always have, ever since I was a kid with my mom.
There's nothing better in a house than fresh and new groceries.
Reter
(2,188 posts)I told her "That's easy. They're much funnier than vagina jokes."