Today we are feverishly working on implementing final corrections to IRON AND MAGIC. This will be the second book we finished in the last six months, and it has taken a toll on my communication abilities.
Yesterday.
Me, having carried a big pan of fried rice and teriyaki shrimp and beef to the island: Here we go.
Gordon, getting a bowl and a spoon: Awesome.
Me, realizing that I left a wooden spoon in the pan and it’s not the best serving utensil: Do you want a spoon?
Gordon, holding up his spoon: I have a spoon.
Me, struggling for several seconds to communicate the inadequacy of a slotted wooden spoon or the small spoon he is holding for scooping large quantities of rice: No, I mean a spooning spoon. To spoon the rice with.
Gordon: …
Me: A spoon! <– because this totally explains everything.
Gordon: I think I’m okay.
There you go. I’m a bit worn out.
In other news, you will know that IRON AND MAGIC is done, because the newsletter with Curran’s twitter will go out as soon as we are finished. You should see it within 24-36 hours. 🙂
circumlocution is the best way to know you’ve reached language fluency, and spoony spoon and thingy should absolutely work for this!
You must be an SLP!
In case I haven’t told you today you guys are freaking awesome! Just read “the bribe” and laughed. Our daughter is expecting grandchild No. 1 and I can’t wait to buy it the noisiest present I can find, just like my parents did for my kids.
My first nephew is due in 2 weeks. I’ve never wanted a baby of my own and I’m not sure I would be a good mom, but I think I will be an excellent Aunt. Can’t wait to be the best kind of bad influence on my brother’s kids… and yes, loud toys are a must!
I can attest to the insanity-creating properties of something called “The Puff-Puff Ding-Ding Choo-Choo”. My son’s uncles bought it for his second Christmas and thought it was a hoot – I caught them quietly removing the batteries after four hours . . .
I loved that picture. The wood spoon, the black spoon with a little rice, then another wood spoon. It struck me as oriental. Sort of like how they so carefully present food on a plate. Yet, also I sort of thought Scandanavian. Anyway, that picture was true art and it grabbed and held my attention. Thank-you.
Spoon! Spooning spoon! Aaaa hahahaha!
OK…… Ilona, Gordon, I just laughed myself silly over the Curran’s Twitter feed, especially #2 at the bottom of the post from past posting. Hilarious ?
(First time ever reading these)
In the voice of The Tick, “Spooooon!”
If we just signed up for your newsletter, will we also get the Curran Twitter? Thanks!
Has the Curran twitter gone out yet?
Maleness.
I’ll quite happily spoon twice as many times with a small spoon in exchange for not creating an extra utensil to wash.
My mother and my grandmother will 100% serve every item of every dinner in it’s own serving dish. A male will quite happily put the pot or cooking dish in the middle of the table and serve from that.
It didn’t skin in the first time I read it.. But now — a Serving Spoon perhaps? I always use those so I get what you mean 🙂
oops sink in..
I am crying laughing that someone who is so eloquent uttered, “a *spooning* spoon”. Sometimes not all cylinders fire. Feeling better about my own mental backfires. LOL!