jeff texted me while i was out with the kids this morning and said “sign into IM when you get home.”
so i did.
me: hey babe, what did you need?
him: im working on some stuff and just want you at my beckon call.
me: is that how you think that is spelled/said?
him: it is sad i know. i am an illiterate wretch.
me: well shoot, maybe you are right. i thought it was beck AND call, but beckon means call…..
him: hook ED on PUH onics, work ED for ME!
me: looking it up…
me: im right.
him: HAHAHA!
lol — Oh, Jeff — she got you there.
Isn’t it funny (or sad) what this texting/e-mailing/twittery life is doing to our kids [and spouses]? I always thought of my dad as a brilliant Engineer of the highest order, until I started seeing how he spells things on e-mail!
Funny… Before I read your first reply I was thinking, “I don’t think that’s how you say it…”
I found the urban dictionary explanation to be much more entertaining :)
sara
http://www.gitzengirl.blogspot.com
“him: hook ED on PUH onics, work ED for ME!”
Is that a Brian Regan reference? If so, you totally just moved up in my book of coolness.
hahahahahaha. “Okay, cut! You talk to her man, ain’t gonna move a lot of tapes this way” I love Brian Regan.
Don’t you just love it when you are right? I know I do. Congratulations on Not being the ‘beckon’ type.
Ha! This made me laugh… An illiterate wretch indeed. ;-)
you guys are phunny.
BRIAN REGAN IS DA MAN!
Beckoned call is the original phrase, so Jeff was pretty close. Just saying… :)
do you not hear brian regan’s voice in your head when you read hookED on PUH pnics….?
Beckon call…that is frigging awesome!
Ha!!!!
You two are seriously entertaining :o)
that’s too funny! you guys seem to have such a cool relationship!
You both are briliant:)
Tara you missed an awesome opportunity. you should have bet one week at being at the other’s ‘beck and call’ loser takes all… you would SO be in trouble then!
or rather he would have been!
i looooove brian regan!! this had me cracking up
Haha! I realized a few years ago that my hubby kept saying “for all intensive purposes” instead of “for all intents and purposes”. He was a bit more embarrassed when I corrected him than your dh (maybe because I was laughing so hard?). :p
brian reagan rocks.
Oh Tara, if you had any idea how many phrases and things I don’t know how to spell you would be ashamed of me. BTW, the latest one I need to figure out is if it’s “deathly silent” or “deafly silent”. I’m not going to say which one I think it is for fear of embarressment.
You two are so cute! Thanks for the giggle!
LOL Great!
Hi Tara!
I really enjoy your blog… and find myself checking in often to see your work, hear your stories and share a laugh. I am finally piping up!
Love the “hook ED on PUH onics, work ED for ME!” Is your family, by any chance, Brian Regan fans??
Have a great day!
Bethany
if i had a dollar for every word i checked the spelling for on my macbook dashboard dictionary……i’d be rich!
I love this!!!! Sounds totally like myself!
I have those conversations with my hubby on a daily basis from inanimate yesterday to where is Georgia(EU) again on the map in IKEA last night LOL
DH AND I LOVE BRIAN REGAN!!!
this is hilarious! this is like sharon and i on im.
Thats awesome.. hahahahah
Da big yellow one da sun!
K – A – T
Kat
I’m outta here…
(I know katt is spelled with 2 t’s!)
As a compulsive proofreader myself, I applaud your efforts! :)
My husband frequently mixes up cliche’s and since he’s an English major and writer it makes it even funnier to tease him about it!
LMAO! No more needs to be said, lol! :-)
so nice to know ours is not the only marriage that works that way!! LOL
hillary
HAHA I can totally see DH & I doing this, but vice versa. Thanks for the laugh! :)
that’s cute. :)
love that i told you so moment. xoxo
ha ha! I did the same thing with “all intents and purposes”…..I ALWAYS thought it was for “all INTENSIVE purposes”. I was absolutely floored when I found out I was wrong! LOL…
Tara,
All I could think of when you posted that was Julia Roberts in “Pretty Woman”. When Richard Gere asks her to spend the week with him…she says, “I would love to be your beck and call girl, but you could get a million chicks for free!”Maybe Jeff is trying to beckon you:)
If you get a moment check out my blog…I know a momma like you will appreciate what’s in your future.
Giovanna
Brian Regan ROCKS!!! I’m with ya! Box, boxen, moose, moosen,…
Gotta love Bryyyyoooouuuoooon Regan!!! hahaha
you two are so funny and absolutely adorable!