Pluggers by Rick McKee for July 23, 2023

Growing up I was called Joey however, with my parents accent it came out “Yoey.” Wifey and I had just had that conversation a few days before I had planned to do yardwork most of the day. When lunchtime rolled around she stuck her head out the patio door and wailed long and loud, YO-E-E-E-E!!! Tru story!

Is he married to Aunt Bee?

My guess would be a phone call on a landline ;-)

My wife usually calls me by our last name. If my first name precedes it, I know I’m in trouble or something serious is up.

Left the toilet seat up or tracked grass into the house when getting his drink.

True for my first marriage (< 3 years). Not the second (23)

Ruh-Roh!

If I’m involved in some chore or another and my wife calls my name, it’s usually because she needs help with something, or its a phone call.

I’m retired. What am I not doing now?

Infamous words from my Mother when I was young boy…. She would yell… ’ Gary Lee !… just wait until your Father gets home !!"

Especially true if you hear your entire first name.

… and if you hear your entire first name and your middle name, leave the neighborhood for an hour or so.

(Hear the whole shebang — first, middle, and last? Leave the state. You can buy more clothes later.)

I always knew I was in trouble when my mom used my first, middle and last name.

She didn’t hear the mower running. Kind of like when the kids are ‘too quiet’.

I was playing hide-and-seek with my brother who always cheated and got away with it so in an effort to win I yelled from my hiding spot “Thomas and Tammy get in here!” Impersonating our mom.. which he fell for. I won but then we really did have to go in.

Or “This had better not be another phone solicitor.”

It was extremely rare that I was in trouble growing up (I was a goody good).

If husband is outside I don’t need to yell to him – he will have me out there with him “just in case”.