Examples:
Wife and I are getting popcorn at the theatre. We watch staff scoop hers from a bin of older popcorn, while mine is scooped hot and fresh from a machine that just finished a batch. As we walk away holding our respective bags, I say, “Ah! It’s burning my hands! Are your hands being burned?”
Friend sent me a pic captioned “Nice view out my window”. The pic showed a view from his table looking out the front window. Nothing remarkable, but on the table in the foreground, seemingly caught in frame by accident, is a huge slice of his delicious homemade pizza, which I could have if I weren’t 8 hours away.
My revenge was to send him a picture of a mug of fine stout, captioned “this is a very good beer”. In the background, barely in focus, was my wife’s fantastic apple pie, with 1/4 of it missing. For that, I was called an A-hole, with justification. Well worth it.
We have a water line in our barn that sometimes freezes, like if we have a few -10 F days in a row. The line is in an enclosed, insulated box with a ceramic heater. There is heat tape on the pipe. I think I’ve done all that we can easily do.
My gf decided she wanted me to apply a piece of pipe insulation (the split tube stuff) onto the top 8 inch section. I didn’t think it would help, but I figured it was easier to do it than discuss it.
I suggested a piece of swimming pool noodle, which we had on hand. She became angry, thinking that I was looking for an easy, cheap, half-assed way to get out of a job
We were at a local hardware store and my gf’ showed the guy a pic of the pipe on her phone and told him she wanted to insulate the top piece. He suggested we go to WalMart and buy a swimming pool noodle, as a piece of that would work perfectly.
I smiled. When she saw my beatific face she couldn’t help laughing. It’s been two weeks, but if she looks at me and I’m happy, she tells me to drop it.
“You better not be thinking about that damn noodle!”