Favorite Frase F'said by Father
The topic?
Grocery stores.
The man?
My father--he's on vacation with my mother here in Wallingford.
The utterance when he couldn't recall the name of that grocery store that sells the really dark chocolate at a good price?
Dad: "You know the one, it's near Staples and the Men's Wearhouse... "
Me: "Safeway?
Dad: "No, that's not it."
Me: "Giant?"
Dad: "No--near our house and Old Navy."
Me: "Fresh Fields?"
Dad: "No... [with rising frustration, but still a good sense of humor] the Boys."
Me: "The boys... Dean and Deluca?"
Dad: "NO!"
Me: "Whole Foods Market???"
Dad: "NO!"
Me: "Trader Joe's?"
Dad: "YESSS!"
There you have it people. Trader Joe's. Organized in my father's brain as "The Boys."
That's what I'm calling it from now on, anyway.
Grocery stores.
The man?
My father--he's on vacation with my mother here in Wallingford.
The utterance when he couldn't recall the name of that grocery store that sells the really dark chocolate at a good price?
Dad: "You know the one, it's near Staples and the Men's Wearhouse... "
Me: "Safeway?
Dad: "No, that's not it."
Me: "Giant?"
Dad: "No--near our house and Old Navy."
Me: "Fresh Fields?"
Dad: "No... [with rising frustration, but still a good sense of humor] the Boys."
Me: "The boys... Dean and Deluca?"
Dad: "NO!"
Me: "Whole Foods Market???"
Dad: "NO!"
Me: "Trader Joe's?"
Dad: "YESSS!"
There you have it people. Trader Joe's. Organized in my father's brain as "The Boys."
That's what I'm calling it from now on, anyway.
posted by c'est trivial at 10:34 AM
2 Comments:
Judging by my own experience, this is something that just comes with fatherhood.
I think he's thinking it's Trader Joes, like there's this grocery store full of Joes.
I like that idea.
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