Fri, 19 Mar 2010

GDP

Ursula [shouting from her bedroom]: Hey DAD. What's GDP?
Me [shouting back from computer room]: WHAT?
Ursula: What's GDP?
Me: G-D-P?
Ursula: YEAH.
Me: Umm.
Me: Gross Domestic Product?
Ursula: Thanks.

[pause]

Me: Hey, URSULA. What's PeeDee WeeDee?
Ursula: What?
Me: What's PeeDee WeeDee?
Ursula: P-D-We-D?
Me: Yeah.
Ursula: No Idea.

[pause]

Ursula: Well? What is it?
Me: When my brothers and I were around 5 years old, that's the name we gave to the condition where you've soaked in the bathtub long enough for the skin on your feet to get way wrinkled.

[ursula laughs, conceding the point]

Ursula: How do you spell that? I need to rename my phone.
Me: I'm not certain. I'll need to confer with Jeff.
Ursula: Let me know as soon as you figure it out.

Jeff later agreed that "Peedee weedee" is the preferred spelling...

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