A Peek into the Intimate Intellectual Life of a Long-Married Couple, Part 23:
Karen came home from a meeting around dinner time. I had tonight's stir-fry ingredients chopped and ready but hadn't begun cooking yet.
Brian: We can eat dinner anytime. I mise-en-placed it.
Karen: What?
Brian: I mise-en-placed it.
Karen: ??
Brian: When a French chef has all their stuff set up to cook, that's the "mise en place."
Karen: Uh huh.
Brian: I verbed it.
Karen: You certainly did.
Brian: Anyway, we can walk the dog first since I haven't started cooking yet.
Karen: So you mise-en-paused it.
(Fist bumps and hearty congratulations all around.)
This has been a peek into the intimate intellectual life of a long-married couple.
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