We’ve had a lot of strange conversations since we started living here. So strange that it would be hard to explain to someone from the outside looking in. Conversations that I couldn’t have ever imagined having. So for your entertainment, here they are:

 

Rachel: What do you think the leash laws are for goats in town parks?

Steve: Umm, there probably aren’t any.

 

Rachel: (spinning) You know, there are people who spin the fibers that they get from their cats and dogs.

Steve: That’s disgusting! Who would do that?!

Rachel: Well, it’s a little weird and not something I would do, but I don’t know that I’d go so far as to say it’s disgusting.

Steve: No, it’s disgusting! That’s not what it’s meant for… would you drink milk from a porpoise?

Rachel: WHAT? No! Of course not! Oh my gosh I can’t believe you just said that! That’s not even close to the same thing! What is wrong with you?!

 

As we prepare our table scraps to take out to the ducks after spaghetti night:

Steve: Do you think the ducks get heartburn when our leftovers have red sauce?

Rachel: ……

Steve: ……

Rachel: …… really?

 

At Hobby Lobby:

Cashier: You know, I don’t know why people use this chunky yarn. What are you going to do with it?

Rachel: I’m going to pull it apart so I can teach myself to spin it into thinner yarn.

Cashier: Um, oh. Ok then.

3 days later, same cashier:

Cashier: You know, I don’t know why people use this chunky yarn. What are you going to do with it?

Rachel: I’m going to pull it apart so I can teach myself to spin it into thinner yarn.

Cashier: Really? Wow! You know, somebody came through here a few days ago and said the exact same thing.

Rachel: Umm, yes, that was me.

 

Rachel’s Mom: You know, [a friend of mine] makes reusable bags out of old horse feed bags.

Steve: ….

Rachel: No!

Steve: I didn’t even say….

Rachel: No! We have enough to do, we’re not getting into that!

 

Rachel (to my mother and uncle): Steve’s latest thing is asking which I would be least upset about him getting: a dog or sheep.

My Mom: Somehow, that kind of conversation just never comes up at my house.

 

Gabe (over dinner): How come goats can eat things like poison ivy when we can’t?

Steve: Well, their digestive systems work differently that ours. They have rumens rather than stomachs. Hold on, I have a book somewhere with a picture of a rumen that I can show you.

Rachel: Do we really have to be talking about rumens at the dinner table??

 

And then there was this response (6 months later):

 

This was for all the laughs … hope you all enjoyed reading them.

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