Hidden talents

Fractalius - Dove in flight by flickr user Bahman Farzad

Brett: Can you coo like a dove?

Lori: Heck yes, I can!  How did you know?

Brett: It just seemed like something you could probably do.  And if the shoe fits...

Reliant is not a synonym for reliable

Plymouth Reliant K by flickr user John

Brett: For years I thought the Barenaked Ladies were using non-standard word choice (poetic license and all) to say that a K-car was a reliable automobile.  Then I realized that the Plymouth Reliant was one of the so-called K-cars, so the lyric was referring to the model; a nice Reliant (proper noun, not adjective) automobile.

Lori: I do not know what song you are talking about.

Brett: Apparently you've never been at a karaoke night where Scott and I have sung together.  The song, of course, is "If I Had a Million Dollars."

In case of emergency, your exits are here, here, and here

emergency exit by flickr user Terry Freedman

Brett: Do you know where the emergency exits in your office are?

Lori: Memorized.  We have so many false alarm fire drills, tick tock like clockwork twice a month.  And it's been coooooold lately, haha.

The Big Game

Boone watches Puppy Bowl by flickr user Kris Millering

Brett: Did you watch the Super Bowl?  Or did you watch the dogs in the Puppy Bowl?

Lori: Ha... Puppy Bowl all the way.  Once the Chiefs were out, I lost interest this season.

Brett: That's too bad.  There might have been a Super Bowl ad that made you want to go buy something.

Lori: Oh!  I'm glad I didn't watch then.  I'm so broke right now.  Holding my breath for my tax refund to come in.

Feel the rhythm, feel the rhyme...

Brett ready to ride the bobsled

Brett: The Winter Olympics are coming up... Have I ever told you how much I love Cool Runnings?  I can basically quote the whole movie.  One of my favorite lines is when Sanka finds out that bobsled is a winter sport.  "You mean winter as in igloos and Eskimos and penguins and ice?"

Lori: How long is the bobsled track, do you know?  Is it more or less than a mile?

Brett: I don't know exactly, but I'm going to guess less.  Did you know I was in a bobsled once?  It was summer, so it was on wheels instead of on ice.  And we didn't get to do the push start, we just had to sit inside while they pushed us.  But it got going pretty fast when we picked up speed, and was a lot of fun!

Lori: I'd say, "poor you"... But what a cool experience!!!  How did you manage that?

Brett: Well, it wasn't that I got any sort of special treatment, I fear.  I paid for the chance to ride the boblsed just like anyone else.

Lori: That's okay.  It's still the bees knees.

Nap time

Nap Time I - Sweet Dreams... by flick user epicture's (more off than on)

Brett: For some reason, I'm not very good at taking a nap.  Even if I'm tired, I can't usually fall asleep in the middle of the day.

Lori: Oh, man.  I could sleep like a block of wood right in the middle of the day... but if I nap I can never sleep well that evening.

Brett: Oh, Brett (who is speaking in the third person for the sake of using his word) didn't think of that implication.  Maybe he should be glad he can't nap.

Lori: I liked that third person part.  Well played.

Movie recommendations

Thriller 17 by flicker user Michael Studt

Brett: Do you like gory movies?

Lori: Oh, goodness no.  I take no joy in scary murdery flicks at all.  Yuck.

Brett: Agreed.  I wouldn't pay a single quid to see a movie like that.

Lori: I actually do like a few of the psychological thrillers though.  Frailty, for instance - super good.  Have you seen it?

Brett: I have not.  But I also like some thrillers, even if they get a little bloody.  Like Identity.  Have you seen it?  If not, you should treat yourself and check it out.

Lori: I haven't.  But I love seeing new things, so I'll have to try to find it.