It's Saturday night, and I just got out of the bathtub. I am settled on the couch eating Troll jellybeans and playing a game on my phone. My son is home for the weekend and is upstairs in his room talking on his phone to his girlfriend.
I get a call, and it is him.
"Yes???"
"Are you in the living room?
"Yes???"
Can you go downstairs and get the WD40?"
"Yes??? Where would it be?
"Either on Dad's workbench or in that open cabinet."
"And why do you need that?
"My bed is squeaking, and if I move, I might not be able to find the squeak again."
I get up, go the basement, fetch the can of WD-40, and go upstairs to his room. He is lying in bed squeaking away.
"Can you get down there and look under the bed and see if you can find where it's squeaking?"
"I can't do that! My knees won't let me. Here, let me try something."
I go over to the top of the bed and pull it away from the wall just a little. The squeak stops. I look at him and laugh, "Moms can do anything!" And I walk back downstairs to my jellybeans.
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Diane (newtreemom)
ReplyDeleteThat is too funny! (My ELLs always said it like that… sometimes I think it fits better than “so funny”
Every guy knows that WD-40 or duct tape can fix any problem. Oh, not in this case. Thanks for the smile. bob
ReplyDeleteThis is such a real response from a real (male usually) person who believes WD40 is the solution to any problem I guess that is why the Home Depot only sells the huge containers! Moms have a higher power!
ReplyDeleteIt's at times like this that I don my imaginary cape and sing the Supermom song! It's so fun to remind our progeny of our prowess.
ReplyDeleteHa Ha! That's a riot that your son calls you to bring WD40 for his bed!!!! You are a supermom! I hope he saw the humor in it all!
ReplyDeleteI can't stop giggling at this one. That is so much something my 20 year old would do. And I would get up and actually go get the can like you did, and probably resolve it the same. Don't you love our supermom powers?
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