This actually happened this weekend, but I’m a posting procrastinoter, and I still think it’s funny.
In lieu of actual conversation, which I’m not very good at, I tend to blurt out random trivia (particularly science-y things). People who know me have gotten used to hearing things like, “You can tell the difference between male and female crickets because the female has a long thingy called an ovipositor sticking out of her end,” when I feel the need for social interaction.
So I was thinking about posting on the Dope, which led me to thinking about my username, which led me to randomly ask my dad, “Hey, you know what the smallest bones in the human body are?”
He: The ones in the ear.
Me: Do you know what they’re called?
He: Yes.
(long pause)
Me: Well?
He: (over his shoulder as he’s walking away) The staple, the paper clip, and the… other thing.
Huh, it doesn’t look nearly as funny typed as heard. Anyway, I was in hysterics. The staple, the paper clip, the other thing!
