On Sundays the residents get pie for dessert. We always put the desserts on the table when setting the tables, so the pie was already out when I went to ask them what they wanted for lunch.
Eleanor [pointing at Louise's pie]: What's wrong with this picture?
Me: I don't know. That looks like good pie to me.
Eleanor [picking up her plate]: No, look at mine. What is wrong with this?
Me: It's the same kind, it just tipped over.
Eleanor: No, that's not what's wrong. Look at how much bigger hers is than mine.
Louise: It's true. Look how much smaller her pie is.
Eleanor: It's not fair. She shouldn't get more pie.
Me: Alright, let me go to the kitchen and see what I can find.
All the remaining pieces of pie were smaller than Louise's. I headed back to the dining room to let them know. By the time I had gotten there, they had switched pieces of pie.
Eleanor: Look at this.
Me: What?
Eleanor: Look at how much bigger my pie is 
than Louise's. That's not fair.
than Louise's. That's not fair.Louise: Mine is smaller.
Eleanor: That's not fair.
Me: I don't know what to tell you.
Eleanor: Well, it's not fair!
Me [exasperated and heading back to the kitchen]: Well, only eat half of yours then, and it will be even.
About 10 minutes later I headed back out to the dining room to see if any of the other residents had come yet. One of their tablemates was just settling in.
Glenda [to Eleanor]: My, that's quite a large piece of pie you have there!
Oh for heaven's sake, ladies!
6 comments:
Oh, my goodness! Do you know how excited I am that you actually found a picture of pizza and grape juice? Classic TV moment - you totally just made my day :)
Can you imagine the poor nursing home worker who'd have to put up with us if we were in the same home?
oh, i didn't just find a picture, i found the clip
and yes - we would be the most annoying residents ever. esp since as annoying as these two are, they get along (all the time). we would't do that so much.
hehe... you need some sort of even-pie-piece cutter; surely they have something like that on HSN??
I really expected you to say they walk alike and at times they even talk alike. When it didn't say that, I had to read it a couple times to figure out what it was actually saying. :))
I don't think I know about this pizza & grape juice thing, although I can guess. I'll have to watch the clip. :)
baker's square has even pie cutter things, but we aren't that rich. we're good and old-fashioned.
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