•July 21, 2021•
By Jim Baumann
NP Guest Writer

So, I left the stove burner on the other day while engrossed in a novel over lunch.
As I was cleaning up the dishes, I caught a whiff of natural gas — and quickly snapped it off.
“Boy, I’m glad that was you,” my wife said, relieved that it was I — not she — who nearly blew us up.
“It couldn’t have been me, because I’m much more perfect,” she added.
Such is the dynamic in my house.
This, of course, launched a discussion about whether one can be “more perfect,” idiom notwithstanding. “Or slightly pregnant.”
I’m sure you’ve heard someone — whether that someone is you or another person — remark, “That’s even more perfect.”     Login or Subscribe to read the rest of this story.