30 May 2003: A Perfectly Rational Explanation

Her: The smoke alarm is down.

Me: Oh. Yes. Both of them.

Her: You took them down?

Me: Yeah, I put them in the refrigerator.

Her: (Laughing) Um... you did what?

Me: In the little butter-compartment thingy.

Her: (Silence; raised eyebrow)

Me: You're acting like this isn't normal behavior.

Her: Well, yeah... most people don't... (Laughing)

Me: There's a perfectly rational explanation.

(Long pause)

Her: And?

Me: What, you want to hear it?

Her: Well, yeah!

Me: Why? Don't you trust me?