The title of this blog post was my shout earlier this weekend. I’ve been having a lot of “wow, I’m an idiot” moments lately, and I thought I would share them with you, dear reader. But I’m not stupid. I swear.
- I was helping a friend make up her kid’s bed, and things were just not working out very well. I called said friend in, and asked why there was this weird elastic seam thing running through the middle of the sheet. “You have it on wrong,” she said. “No way,” I responded. “Look, it’s…oh. These are stupid sheets!”
- Conversation with the same friend, a few hours later:
Me: I have this cut on my knee, and when I drive, it rubs against this console thing, and it really bugs me.
Friend: Why don’t you put your seat back a little.
Me: (reaching for the seat lever) I can’t. You see, it…oh. Stop laughing at me! - Also this week, I found myself trying to reason with the dogs for which I’m pet-sitting. “I really need you to come inside, because I’m running late for work. Oh right, you don’t know what work is. You just sit here and sniff each other all day.”
- In the past two weeks, I have left the garage door open all night, left the door unlocked all night, walked into two screen doors, and started one blender with the lid off.
But I’m not stupid. I swear!
i think they call ’stupid’ people ‘thinking challenged’ these days. you know, to be PC and not hurt anyone’s feelings.
you just seem to have had a few blonde moments this week.
I think you’re living my life. I try to reason with Muffin the Unreasonable often. Never works. And I’m really good at leaving the door unlocked all night long. I hope no stalkers/creepy people read this and know where I live.
This post made me laugh out loud because of your comment on my post. I think the real truth is that you’re so smart, your brain is too engaged to worry about the mundane things of this world, such as car-seat levers. At least that’s what I tell myself.
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