A Big Black WHAT?
I don't know how he got in my house - but there he was last night, perched on my desk.
His presence creeped me out. He was just sitting there looking at me.
Curtis was at work, so I texted him about the incident. The following is the exact message I sent:
"There was a big black man on my desk and now it feels like they're crawling all over me."
As you can imagine, he sent me a pretty confused reply: "What??????? Black man?????"
Obviously it was some kind of weird slip. I totally meant to type black ant - it was a big black ANT on my desk, not a big black MAN ... LOL! I hadn't even noticed the mistake until my poor perplexed husband texted me back. It was hilarious because I am a stickler for self-editing and it's rare that I make even a one-letter typo, let alone an entire word. But there it was, changing the whole meaning of the sentence and bringing to mind visions of, like, Mike Tyson - or better yet, Michael Clarke Duncan, the huge guy from The Green Mile - sitting on my little desktop.
... And then "crawling all over me!"
Moral of the story: proofread everything - even texts!
His presence creeped me out. He was just sitting there looking at me.
Curtis was at work, so I texted him about the incident. The following is the exact message I sent:
"There was a big black man on my desk and now it feels like they're crawling all over me."
As you can imagine, he sent me a pretty confused reply: "What??????? Black man?????"
Obviously it was some kind of weird slip. I totally meant to type black ant - it was a big black ANT on my desk, not a big black MAN ... LOL! I hadn't even noticed the mistake until my poor perplexed husband texted me back. It was hilarious because I am a stickler for self-editing and it's rare that I make even a one-letter typo, let alone an entire word. But there it was, changing the whole meaning of the sentence and bringing to mind visions of, like, Mike Tyson - or better yet, Michael Clarke Duncan, the huge guy from The Green Mile - sitting on my little desktop.
... And then "crawling all over me!"
Moral of the story: proofread everything - even texts!
haha too funny! I wish everyone proofread texts because I get lots of stuff that is obviously lost in translation. I'm always texting back with "what?!"
ReplyDeleteLOL! I can't imagine you making such a mistake! We've had the tiny ants in the house the past couple of days. Just sprayed for them last night and haven't seen another one yet. But five of them were on my computer, too! Ants, not men! :o)
ReplyDeleteAmy, I think a lot of that is the damn auto-text that most phones have. Every time I try to text the word "Huntsville," for example (the name of my hometown) it turns out as "Hintsculle." And once, when I tried to call one of my friends "bitch," I ended up calling her "butch" ... LOL!
ReplyDeleteMom - it's better to have five ants on your computer than five men. Especially NAKED men that you can't get to go away. ;)
ReplyDeleteThis is so funny. I hate typos, but love them when they turn out like this!
ReplyDeleteJust a warning to a mother with sons: when my brother was a baby, he picked up a big ant in our house and put it in his mouth. The thing latched on to his tongue and wouldn't let go. When my mom and dad finally got it off, it took a chunk of his tongue with it!
Ouch ... OMG! And what a gross way to lose a piece of your tongue. I will definitely be on the lookout - Cameron already tries to eat ladybugs!
ReplyDeleteOMG! I laughed so hard at this that I couldn't stop for about 5 minutes. The thought of a big black man sitting on someones desk like this completely cracks me up! Thank you for making my Monday morning better! : )
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