TBoneTX

Background: We mailed Mrs. T-B.'s N-400 (citizenship) to USCIS last week. I printed the 100 interview questions that USCIS can ask, wrote the answers, and gave them to Mrs. T-B. to study. She stated that she had "looked" at them "a little" during the last couple of days, between Facebook activity and chasing after young Mini-Bone. As I tucked her into bed tonight (she has resigned herself to my late-night VJ-ing), the conversation went as follows: Mrs. T-B.: I was looking on-line for "how to remodel your kitchen without money." T-B.: Shouldn't you have been looking for "how to pass my citizenship test without studying?" Mrs. T-B. [brightly]: I looked at the answers! Ask me some of the questions! T-B.: OK... uh, "Who was the Father of our Country?" Mrs. T-B.: Abraham Lincoln?' T-B.: No, man. Mrs. T-B.: Donald... Ronald Reagan? T-B.: Good guy, but no, man. Mrs. T-B.: Barack 0bama? T-B.: [censored] [silence] T-B.: Here's a hint: Jorge... Mrs. T-B.: Jorge Washington! George Washington! He or someone else is on the $5... the $1 bill, right?" T-B. [invisibly rolling eyes]: Uh, si man. Mrs. T-B. [undeterred]: Ask me another! T-B.: OK... uh, "What is one thing that Benjamin Franklin is known for?" Mrs. T-B.: Oh, I saw this one! He was hit by... hit by... [makes vertical zigzag motion with hand] T-B. [helpfully]: That thing that happens before thunder? Mrs. T-B.: Si -- that's it! But I can't remember the word in English. T-B.: Lightning? Mrs. T-B.: That's it! He was hit by lightning! T-B.: What was he doing when he was hit by the lightning? Mrs. T-B. [blankly]: Uh, mmmm... sitting in his back yard, drinking beer. T-B.: No, no no... uh, si, man; we'll talk about this one later. Mrs. T-B.: I know how I can study! You put the answers on an MP3, and in three days, I'll know all of them. T-B.: All of them? Mrs. T-B. [mischievously]: Si, and you can motivate me by paying me $10 for all of them that I miss. T-B.: You're not going to sneak that one by me, no man. Mrs. T-B. [flashing big brown puppy-dog eyes]: OK -- you can ask me more of the questions tomorrow, and sometimes husbands make financial arrangements so that wives can remodel their kitchen. T-B. [to self]:

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In any relationship, wedgies are a sign of commitment! Scientists have published reams of clinical investigations and case reports that support this fact. Please evaluate the health of your own relationship by voting in this poll. Thank you, si man.