We usually function parenting content material on Mondays — exhibit A, exhibit B — however one thing made me chortle a lot this weekend, I wished to share…
In an Instagram reel, comic Rachael Burke tries to spell the final identify “Smith” clearly: “Oh, sure, my final identify is S as in stool pattern, M as in mmmmm yum yum yum, I as in Ichabod Crane the Headless Horseman…”
Have you ever ever completed this?
I used to be as soon as blanked on a name and stated, “G as in…a phrase that begins with G?” My good friend Jon spells his identify, “Jerk Oyster Nerd,” which at all times will get an excellent response. And a reader named Natasa had a clever thought: “I’m protected with metropolis names.”
As for an embarrassing one? “When calling J.Crew customer support, I stated ‘N as in nipple,’” wrote a Cup of Jo reader named Ashley. “I instantly hung up.”
When you’re curious, the NATO Phonetic Radio Communications goes like this: Alfa, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Lodge, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-ray, Yankee, Zulu.
Perhaps value memorizing? Though it’s positively much less hilarious. Inform me your random phrases!
P.S. Annoying phrases, and what vocab phrases are you into?
(High photograph from Bridesmaids.)