We don’t get so many Lydia funnies posted here, but this one had both of us laughing our heads off. Tonight, as I was getting ready to dish up her dinner, I asked, “Do you want a bowl or a spoon?”

“‘A bowl or a spoon?” she asked, bemused.

“I mean, a bowl or a plate,” I corrected myself.

“I want a fork,” was her firm response.

After a second or two we just looked at each other and busted up laughing. The best part was that she was completely serious and didn’t realize until she heard what she’d said that it was funny.

*A Swedish figure of speech (Goddag, yxskaft) used when someone is talking nonsense or two people are speaking past each other. Also, by the way, one of the first Swedish expressions that Olof taught me.