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An Actual Conversation with My Mom About Death
Mom: Grandpa wanted to be cremated…
Ethan: Is that not what you’d want someday?
Mom: No way. Bury me under a screen door and a cell phone. If you don’t get a call in two weeks, you can pack the soil down.

An Actual Conversation with my Girlfriend About Chocolate
Girlfriend: I discovered a new taste sensation!
Ethan: Oh yeah? What’s that?
Girlfriend: I melted Hershey’s Kisses in my black tea. It’s like come in my mouth.
Ethan: …It’s like...what?
Girlfriend: Like my mouth is coming! …I meant to say. …Shut up.
An Actual Conversation with My Dad About Choosing a Restaurant
Dad: Where do you want to eat?
Ethan: What about this Indian place — Gandhi?
Dad: “Gandhi.” That’s a good name for a restaurant… What, do they just starve you?

An Actual Conversation with a Delta Gate Agent in Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport
Dave: (puts bags next to Ethan) Watch my stuff while I go to the bathroom.
Ethan: (doesn’t look up)
2 MINUTES LATER
Delta Gate Agent: Excuse me, do you know the man who left these things?
Ethan: Yeah. I’m watching them for him.
Delta Gate Agent: Oh. Alright, then. (starts to walk away)
Ethan: Was it because he looked like a terrorist?
Delta Gate Agent: No…
Ethan: (not buying it)
Delta Gate Agent: Maybe…

An Actual Conversation with My Girlfriend About a Dream I Had
Ethan: Wow. I just had the craziest dream ever.
Girlfriend: What was it?
Ethan: I dreamt that you had a rats nest on your chest… Like, rats were creating a home on you. It was kind of funny, I was laughing.
Girlfriend: (glares at Ethan) You were laughing? I’m mad at you.
Ethan: You’re…mad at me?
Girlfriend: Yeah, that’s fucked up! Why would you laugh at me in a time of need?
Ethan: It was…a dream—
Girlfriend: Shut up.

An Actual Conversation with A Senior Citizen in Sarasota, FL
Senior Citizen: My granddaughter showed me the most amazing thing today.
Ethan: What’s that?
Senior Citizen: When you’re on hold with an operator, you can use the “speaker phone.” That way, you don’t have to keep the phone up to your face!
Ethan: (long pause) You’re just discovering this?
Senior Citizen: I’m old.



