I Don’t Think It’s That Weird
So, in an effort to help with the quitting of smoking and the trying to lose weight, my sister in law and I have decided to devote the breaks that we used to take to smoke, to walking.
This is a conversation that happend while on one of our walking breaks.
SIL: I want a piece of gum.
Me: Just for funsies?
SIL: What do you mean?
Me: Well just because or is there a reason?
SIL: I don’t understand what you are asking.
Me: I just wanted to know if there was a reason for wanting gum, or if you just wanted a piece of gum.
SIL: Why would I need a reason to chew gum. That’s what it’s for, chewing.
Me: No shit. It was just random that you announced, out of nowhere, that you wanted a piece of gum. I thought maybe there was a reason for it.
SIL: Like to take my mind off of smoking?
Me: That or becuse you have dry mouth, or funky breath. I don’t know I was just asking.
SIL: Who needs a reason to chew gum?
Me: I only chew gum if there is a purpose.
SIL: What? You only chew gum for a purpose. I am just floored by this.
Me: Really? Floored?
SIL: Yes. I’ve never heard of that before.
Me: I don’t just chew it to chew it. That’s wasteful.
SIL: That’s what it’s there for, to chew.
Me: I know that. I just don’t chew gum unless there is a reason for it.
SIL: So you just go into the store and say ‘hmm, I think I’ll want gum on Wednesday, and then buy it?
Me: No, I don’t plan the days that I’m going to chew gum.
SIL: So then you just buy it to have it.
Me: Yes. If my mouth doesn’t have that fresh feeling, I’ll chew a piece of gum. If I feel like blowing bubbles, I’ll have a piece of bubble gum, but I just don’t chew it for the heck of it. It needs a purpose otherwise, I don’t chew gum.
SIL: What?
Me: Well I really only like peppermint gum, and if I chew that whitout a need for it and then decide I want fruit I’m screwed because minty fruit is gross.
SIL: That is probably the weirdest thing I’ve heard.
Me: Really? You’ve known me for ten years and that’s the weirdest thing you’ve ever heard?
