July 27, 2009PowerPhrase: And that’s how the fight ended
A friend forwarded me an email of jokes that all had the punchline: “And that’s how the fight started.” It is a collection of Poison Phrases – some based on cluelessness and others on meanness, but all pretty funny.
It reminded me of a list of Poison Phrases in performance reviews that are circulated over the internet. Again: they were funny. They also inspired myself and my coauthor of How to Say It: Performance Reviews to create a list of Bonus Superlative Review Phrases that were as over-the-top positive as the others were over-the-top negative.
I consider the “that’s when the fight started” list to be a challenge for me to create a “that’s how the fight ended” series – that is every bit as funny and not a bit divisive.
Well…here’s my first attempt.
My wife asked me if a certain dress made her butt look big.
I told her not as much as the dress she wore yesterday.
And then the fight started….
How about:
- My wife asked me if a certain dress made her butt look big. I told her it looked small compared to her enormous heart. And that’s how the fight ended.
Any suggestions?
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Another “And That’s How The Fight Started…”
My wife claimed I never did anything or gave anything to her mother. So I said to her ” What about the cemetary plot I got her last year, she’s never used it.” And…. that’s when the fight started.
I know it’s a poison phrase but it’s another to add to the list.
My wife and I also do the trick things when the other misses doing something. My wife is world-renown for not answering her cell phone, but will respond to a text message, when she’s shopping so I a message from another phone telling her it’s MasterCard and if she doesn’t respond by calling in one minute her card will be revoked. She gets me back with not closing the closet door by hiding things in her closet.
Comment by Ed M. — July 29, 2009 @ 10:12 am
That one is pretty funny too. Wonder how we could turn it into “and that’s how the fight ended”?
Glad to hear other couples play like we do!
Comment by merylrunion — July 29, 2009 @ 11:54 am