1 post tagged “can i borrow a slap?”
Perhaps it's just a byproduct of my east coast upbringing. If we did this as kids, and my Dad got wind of it? We would have been strictly reprimanded. Perhaps...I'm just not neighborly. Maybe, beneath all my sunshiney goodness, I'm actually a mean person. Maybe...just maybe. Still, I must say that I don't understand asking people if you can borrow bizarre food/condiment items. Are you planning on replacing it? I mean...really? Are you going to come to my house with a cup of sugar? An egg? A spoonful of relish? If so...here's a tally of the items I'd like to have returned to me:
- the two pickles (not only was I stunned at the request, I was stunned I actually had them)
- the three eggs
- the pancake syrup (whatever quantity you used)
- a new cookie tray (to replace the one you borrowed and ruined)
- the stick of butter
- the mustard
- the cup of sugar
- the three bandaids
- the rubbing alcohol (???)
- the double a batteries
*thinks*
Perhaps part of the problem is...It annoys me, and yet I always say, "yes?"
I'm about to become RPM...aka, the Woman Who Doesn't Keep ANYTHING in Her House. Let me just add that we literally live around the corner from the supermarket. And I don't mean like..."Texas" 'round the corner or up the road. Literally...it's around the corner.
Bigger question is...when am I ever going to feel entitled to say, "No." And not think I've just done something incredibly wrong?
Sunday addendum:
*knock, knock, knock*
RPM answers the door.
Neighbor: Hey, can we borrow a movie?
RPM: what?
Neighbor: can we borrow a movie to watch?
RPM: *stares*
Neighbor: *blushes* We're bored.
RPM: *blinks*
Neighbor: Want me to come back another time?
RPM: *cocks head*
Neighbor: Does this mean, no?
RPM: *stares*
