He had his earphones on and was totally engrossed in the game. She walked in and put her hand on his shoulder. He moved the earphones off one ear and looked at her. “Yes?”
She asked, “Do you have an ETA on coming to dinner?”
He said, “There’s about five minutes left on the game clock.”
She smiled brightly and said, “Oh! Okay then. Perfect.” She turned to leave the room.
He called her back. “No, hon, that means dinner should be in about an hour.”
That’s funny!
And yeah, it’s amazing how much they can drag out a few minutes!
.-= Mocha with Linda´s last blog ..Where’s Cash Cab When I Need It? =-.
Linda — luckily, homemade soup only gets better the longer one simmers it. That isn’t necessarily true of tempers, so I prefer to react with humor.
Did you know that total “playing” time only amounts to approx. eleven minutes? I heard this bit of trivea on the Kelly & Regis show the other day. Couldn’t believe it myself.
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Church Lady — I ran this tidbit by Amoeba and he said he’d heard that before, but the range of play is more likely between 11 to 20 minutes depending on how evenly matched the teams are.
That was a great game. We had lasagna.
.-= Doug´s last blog ..The Reformation of Wolfshausen =-.
Doug — Amoeba seems to think that meals should be eaten at the dinner table and without the distraction of the television (although he does have different rules for breakfast and lunch).
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We had pizza from the frozen box during half time! My sister and BIL have escaped from Iowa and are visiting here. BIL and I have talked about playing golf tomorrow. Probably won’t.
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.-= Jim´s last blog ..Katrin loves chocolate — Sunday night / Monday morning — Good dog Adi =-.
Dat irritating. Fore! Golf or not, don’t forget to duck.
David and I watched the SB game and commercials. Loved it all. I am so glad the Saints won their very 1st Super Bowl. Love Drew Brees’ blue, blue eyes!
.-= gigi-hawaii´s last blog ..A foodie’s challenge =-.
Gigi — football takes forever for nothing to happen. It bores me spitless.
I’m still wondering why she doesn’t watch football? 5 minutes being 1 hour? What does that have to do with anything?
.-= Thom´s last blog ..Guess Whose Back? =-.
Thom — life is passing while you watch that tube.
It’s kind of like dog years I think.
.-= Jeff B´s last blog ..Yes I’m 43 Going on 12 =-.
Jeff — exactly!
Our house does not have an open floor plan, so I kept rushing back and forth from the kitchen to the living room so I wouldn’t miss anything.
We took a walk at sunset in the deep snow (still not plowed out) before the game and then had traditional game munchies for supper.
I prefer college football, but this particular game was pretty exciting!
.-= kcinnova´s last blog ..BUNNYCAM update! =-.
Karen — I prefer NO football, but to each their own. I had my computer and a really good book (which I will review soon & I’m offering a giveaway copy).
I never watch super ball, but today I did and it felt like there were more commercials than the game itself. I have a feeling that my Matthew will be calling football – a super ball for a while, as every commercial he would say ‘more super ball’, lol. Anna
.-= Anna´s last blog ..Kids Say the Darndest Things – I Am Mona Lisa Now! =-.
Anna — how cute! And isn’t there always more commercial then game? At least once every game Amoeba is heard to disgustedly mutter some version of: “Darn, I was watching a perfectly good series of commercials and somebody stuck a football play in the middle!”
Football time is quite mysterious.
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.-= Nessa´s last blog ..Flash 55 – Buried Secrets =-.
Nessa — and arbitrary.
football is odorous!
.-= tilden´s last blog ..My Valentine: Nana =-.
Tilden — I totally agree!
ROFL at Thom, men, jeeeeeez.
Amoeba was nice to warn you at least about Football’s time warp effect!
.-= Susan at Stony River´s last blog ..Microfiction Monday #17 =-.
Susan — yes, but was that really for me? I think he just didn’t want to arrive to a bowl of soup that had been sitting on the table for an hour and find everything else cleaned up and put away.
LOL! Only in football can a two minute warning signal the last 30 minutes of the game!!!
.-= Melli´s last blog ..Snow Fun! =-.
Melli — Amoeba loved this comment.
I’m glad no one in my family is a football fan. I had a couple of luxurious hours reading and enjoying the quietness.
Soup that can simmer sounds like a good plan for an uncertain dinner time. I like what you said about simmering tempers.
.-= Barbara H.´s last blog ..Book Review: Mrs. Dunwoody’s Excellent Instructions for Homekeeping =-.
Barbara — well, Amoeba had earphones on so I wasn’t subject to the game. I, too, read. I am soon to review and give away a copy of a great book. And it took me years to learn about simmering tempers. I am glad I did!
football? pffft!
the real footbal (know in the US as soccer) can be boring but this??? beats me!
.-= polona´s last blog ..winter valley =-.
Polona — this isn’t boring. It’s boooooooring.
The last football game I actually watched was back in high school. For four years (thanks to being in the color guard) I sat in those cold bleachers week after week watching our team lose game after game. Definitely not the sport for me.
.-= Silverneurotic´s last blog ..And it snows again =-.