A few days ago I had a disagreement with my girlfriend/fiance over the difference between a yellow jacket and a bumble bee and honey bees. Now this probably sounds quite foolish and a strange topic for conversation but just know that my girlfriend and I are avid animal lovers and wildlife in general.
Anyhow, we saw what I thought all my life was a yellow jacket(you know, the big furry bee that kind of doesn't look like a bee at all because it's so furry) and I said to her "hey, look at the size of that god damned yellow jacket", to which she replied "John-Paul, I've told you before that those are bumble bees, not yellow jackets, yellow jackets look more like honey bees. And she was right. My girlfriend made an improper analogy and I must make that very clear, since some people have no comprehension of such things.
During last summer we had the same conversation and I thought nothing of it, only that I was right and she was wrong and I did not care to make her feel foolish by proving her wrong so I left it alone.
Today I am listening to some am pest control talkshow on the radio while flipping through stations and the talkshow host is talking about bumble bees and how furry they are, he told the caller that you could not possibly mistake a yellow jacket for a bumble bee and my girlfriend turns to me, smiles and just gives me the old, "told you so and I don't even need to say anything because I waited it out and proved you wrong without having to say a word which makes this win feel that much sweeter" look. I looked out the drivers side window in disgusted defeat.
It's not really that funny to you guys or anything but I just find it very amusing that I am so ignorant sometimes that no matter what you tell me I am not going to believe you unless some radio talk show host speaks true wisdom. Oh well, maybe that's why she loves me. What is more amusing to me is that nobody ever corrected me even though i've probably called them by the wrong name hundreds of times in my lifetime, and people probably just thought of me as some moron or something.
Anyhow, we saw what I thought all my life was a yellow jacket(you know, the big furry bee that kind of doesn't look like a bee at all because it's so furry) and I said to her "hey, look at the size of that god damned yellow jacket", to which she replied "John-Paul, I've told you before that those are bumble bees, not yellow jackets, yellow jackets look more like honey bees. And she was right. My girlfriend made an improper analogy and I must make that very clear, since some people have no comprehension of such things.
During last summer we had the same conversation and I thought nothing of it, only that I was right and she was wrong and I did not care to make her feel foolish by proving her wrong so I left it alone.
Today I am listening to some am pest control talkshow on the radio while flipping through stations and the talkshow host is talking about bumble bees and how furry they are, he told the caller that you could not possibly mistake a yellow jacket for a bumble bee and my girlfriend turns to me, smiles and just gives me the old, "told you so and I don't even need to say anything because I waited it out and proved you wrong without having to say a word which makes this win feel that much sweeter" look. I looked out the drivers side window in disgusted defeat.
It's not really that funny to you guys or anything but I just find it very amusing that I am so ignorant sometimes that no matter what you tell me I am not going to believe you unless some radio talk show host speaks true wisdom. Oh well, maybe that's why she loves me. What is more amusing to me is that nobody ever corrected me even though i've probably called them by the wrong name hundreds of times in my lifetime, and people probably just thought of me as some moron or something.
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