Did you ever play the game “telephone” when you were a kid? You whisper a sentence in someone’s ear, they tell it someone else, who tells it to another person, and by the end of the games that sentence is nothing like the original. “I like Minnie Mouse turns into “I keep rats in my house.” It’s all fun and games, until it becomes real life. Then it just turns into plain old embarassment.
I’d like to thank my dear friend Laura for letting me this story. Laura is pregnant and I received word from a mutual friend that Laura had delivered and several people wanted to bring her meals.
This news, while exciting, made me a bit nervous. Laura wasn’t due for at least another month. So I gave her a quick phone call. Here’s how the conversation went. “Hi Laura! Congratulations!” “Thanks, Rachael. Exactly why are you congratulating me?” At this point I’m thinking “boy Laura sure sounds chipper for someone who just gave birth. I wonder what drugs they sent her home with?” Instead of asking that terribly rude question I said “on the arrival of your bundle of joy, of course.” To my surprise she replied with “I’m still pregnant.”
WHAT!
Only after five minutes of conversation did we finally figure out the rumor started. Laura’s husband teaches at DGF. He took a day off work and didn’t tell anyone why. (Gasp!) His students, while he was gone, wrote on his board “it’s a nino!” Some other folks drew conclusions and said Laura’s husband must have taken the day off because Laura had her baby. I received word, from someone who is not even associated with the school, that Laura had her baby! Laura laughed and laughed. I turned bright red and was very thankful that we were on the phone instead of Skype.
Moral of the story... if you don’t know it’s a fact, don’t repeat what you hear!
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