Using the wrong word and high school sweethearts

My friend Steve Heaps shared this.

“Here’s an example regarding habitually using a wrong word on purpose and then forgetting to switch back.

“In 8th grade social studies class at Shadle, Mrs. Burger had been showing us models of farm equipment. A bright green McCormick’s reaper sat on her desk. The other knotheads and I in the back of the room kept whispering its name, oh-so-cleverly leaving out the first ‘e’.

“When she held up the reaper and asked its name, I accidentally blurted out the risqué answer, which produced all sorts of hilarity. Fortunately, even then, I was not easily embarrassed and since Karen was at Glover, she was not there to reject me as a wiseguy and we thus fit your second question of high school sweethearts now happily married for 52 years.”

There will be a batch of high school sweethearts reports on this blog Friday.