harry potter and workouts

"i'm in a book club." [my dad]

"what? really? what are you reading?" [me]

"oh i forget what it's called, but it's about some boy ... who's a wizard ... and it's got all kinds of wizards and witches and dumb made-up stuff like that. i hate it."

"YOU'RE READING HARRY POTTER??"

"yeah, that's what it is. have you read it?"

no dad, not even i have read harry potter. and i have not read twilight either, but if they start that next at your book club i don't know what i'm going to do. i thought it was funny to hear about my mennonite-raised father going to catholic mass, but picturing him at a harry potter book club takes the cake.

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this is from an email from lance that cracked me up. to preface this, you should know that lance is a certified personal trainer. and when i talk about working out i do not know the names of exercises or explain my workouts ... succinctly. but then i think it's safe to say i don't explain anything succinctly. ;-)

"... maybe someday we'll have a gym and you'll be able to cater to the women who need obscure exercise explanations.
me - "up for today we have 5x5 bent over rows."
you explaining to all the women in the class - "hold the bar thingy and put the circles on the ends then push your butt out and pull towards your chest."