Cool things SWMBO says

SWMBO liked the comment on here yesterday about 'real accounting vs car accounting' and commented that we had more of the latter.

She followed that up with " and you have two challenge eligible cars"

Uh, actually three.

(in my dreams) "No, three sets of wheels for each car isn't excessive, why do you ask?"

"Is it too early to take the motorcycle out?"

and

"Do you want me to bring you a burrito at the shop?"

"why didn't you clean the bathroom like I asked you to!?"

While car shopping for her, I asked what things were important to her in a car.

That thing, you know, when you push the pedal down and you go back in the seat? It has to have that.

"What car do you want to use for the challenge"

"Are we taking the whole week off for the challenge"

"What's the next race close enough we can go to"

"Yes I want to drive the race car"

Some of her best are her descriptions of parts she can't or doesn't know the name of. She knows what they do tho.

In reference to a diffuser "the things on the back bumper that stretches the air coming out"

While at a restaurant the waiter asked "How's the dip?", to which she replied "Good enough that I married him!"

When I get home from work and she says "you should work in the garage tonight." (And without a hint a sarcasm!)

yesterday she suggested we spend the tax return on another motorcycle.

"Is it OK if my sister joins us to..." Oh wait, it's not that kinda thread.

"Babe, you should put a turbo on the car and buy fresh Hoosiers before the national Tour"

"Stop bugging me about it already and go by the dam car"

"Why don't we have a truck and trailer like Bob and Jay?" All she had to do was ask.

"Would you look at how fake her boobs look?"

Yes dear. Fake.

From my post in '09:

My wife has a habit of not explaining herself when she assumes I know exactly what she's talking about. I'm sure I do the same thing, but I'm the man of the house, I'm allowed, right? Anyway, I've been telling her for years, when it comes to cooking (which she is very good at and has been doing it for a long time and thus, uses terminology that baffles me) she needs to talk to me like I'm a third grader. The other day she did it again, but I think I got my point across. She said "Hey hot, studly DrBoost, whom I love more dearly than anything else on earth and is the light of my life (or something like that) I have to leave. Can you finish dinner for me"?
"Will do" was my obedient, husbandly response.
"O.K. then, it's easy. Just finish up the dumplings, blanch the vegetables, then put the dumplings on the chicken and toss it in the oven please."
It sounded like Charlie Browns teacher just asked me to "mwaamwamwamwaaaa chicken, ma mwa mwaamwa."
I thought about telling her, yet again to please explain things like this to me, because blanch isn't something you do to veggies, it's a character on the Golden Girls. But I figured I'd make my point. I said: "Sure honey. I'll get on that right away. I'm a little busy right now though, so could you pull the drums off of the car and make sure the primary shoes and secondary shoes are installed correctly then get my bore-scope out and let me know how the cross-hatch pattern looks on the rear bank in the minivan?" She said "huh!? Oh, alright. I'll write the directions down for you." "Thanks" said Doc.

Men are from Mars.......

Other more recent, but normally its been "Yes"

Want to go on a date? "Yes" Want to go to Florida to by a formula car? "Yes" Want to get married? "Yes" Can I get a race car? "Yes"

NEALSMO wrote: "Is it OK if my sister joins us to..." Oh wait, it's not that kinda thread.

Dangit, you beat me to it.

My wife's sister...

"I want to get my motorcycle license."

...

When I got my second Fairmont:

Her: "Was the car nice?" Me: "Yes." Her: "Where is it, then?"

When I got my third Fairmont (she was there):

Me: "Do I have a grand?" Her: "For that? Yeah."

"Why doesnt the miata have big swaybars yet?" This was said after this weekends autocross where she took second in her class.

Actual text exchange:

Calteg: My dream car just pulled into the dealership. We traded for it.

Mrs. Calteg: Are you buying it before the end of the day, or is it coming home tomorrow?

I chose well.

"We should find an abandoned parking lot and do our own race thing, you know, with the cones."

(She wants to learn to drive fast but not with other people around)

My wife pointed this out to me the other day...

After showing me a listing for a car I didn't need, and didn't have the money for, she said "we can make it work..."

"Can we go car shopping?"

"I saw a car in a field on my way home tonight. You should go look at it."

"Let's make sure we get enough pavers for a 3-car driveway, because I know you will have another one at some point"

Calls from work: "Hey, are you working on Lincoln? If not, get outside and work on it now!"

While I'm working on the Lincoln: "It looks like you have enough room for a supercharger."