“Honey, we’ve just got to talk.”

“Hmm, mmm, go ahead and talk, I’m listening.”

“That’s just it. We never talk. I talk and you sit with your face buried in that computer, saying ‘Hmm, mmm’.”

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“Writing for a daily radio quiz show is pretty demanding. As soon as I get the questions done for one day, it’s time to start the next. I’ve got just two hours to finish writing questions for today’s show. Besides I talk to you a lot. I don’t know what I would do without your input. What do you think about this question —
Organized crime boss, Al Capone sent his gunmen to kill members of a rival gang on Feb 14, 1929. They succeeded in machine gunning seven of George “Bugs” Moran’s North-Siders in a garage in Chicago. This became known as the _______ ________ massacre.”

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“It’s too long and too easy. But listen, when I say we don’t talk, I mean that you don’t pay attention to our life together. Do you even realize that today is Valentine’s Day?”

“Yes, in fact, listen to this. Should this be a thirty point or a forty point question? – What group of people get the most cards on Valentine’s Day?”

“Make it a twenty point question. Did you know that one of Tommy’s teachers took me and the kids out to eat today? I cried and told her about us. She told me to leave you.”

“O.K. How about this question for the forty point category –
Roman emperor Claudius II banned _____________ throughout his empire in the third century to keep his soldiers from wanting to spend so much time at home.”

“You could probably put that up into the 50 point category. But back to us. Our marriage is over. I am leaving you and taking the kids and closing out our bank account.”

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“I wish you wouldn’t…. Where should this question go?
Joseph Nobel is most famous for his peace prize. In fact, he established the peace prize to keep himself from being remembered for this important invention?”

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“That’s pretty well known and has nothing to do with Valentine’s day, but you’ll have to put it in the 30 point category, You need to save the 10 point spot for a Cupid question….. Look, I’m leaving you, taking the kids, closing out the bank account AND setting the house on fire. I’ve put dynamite in the bedroom, so when you smell smoke, you’d better run for your life.”

“Thanks, honey, I will. Listen, do you think the Nobel question should be put off for another day? I could substitute a flower and candy question. Did you know that 15% of American women send themselves flowers on Valentines day?….. Honey! Honey? Are you burning supper again? I smell smoke!”