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TlalocW

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5. I know you're making a larger point
Wed Jan 5, 2022, 04:09 PM
Jan 2022

But I have to share the story that one of my older sisters (14 years older) shared after an almost-altercation she got into with a Karen (literally her name, and she was). Anyway, during their stand-off, Karen made a generic threat of kicking my sister's ass, and my sister replied, "I hope you brought your lunch."

When she told us this story to me, my brother, and her oldest daughter (five years younger than I am), she had this look of pride on her face which slowly disappeared as we, as a group, asked, "Well, what does THAT mean? Hope you brought your lunch?" Of course, I know what it means now (especially since she had to explain it), but we had never heard that expression, and she was very frustrated with how her denouement to her story was received. It's now a running joke in the family when she tells us to do something to reply with, "And if I don't, are you going to kick my ass or buy me lunch or whatever the hell it is you do?"

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