Friday, December 14, 2007

context is everything

I was tidying up the dining room to get ready for my students who are due to arrive any minute now, when my mom, on her way out the door, tells me to "Just shove it." She knew what she meant (just shove her papers to the side) and I knew what she meant but of course I was laughing and so to clarify she added, "I meant it literally," which only made me laugh harder.

"Just shove it. Literally." This may be a new phrase in my ever expanding archive of Yokoisms.

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