Shortly after I moved into my current house, my parents paid a visit.
Although my mother isn't normally critical, I had been careful to do a thorough cleaning from top to bottom. Shortly before they arrived, I realized that the one area I hadn't cleaned was the staircase that leads down to the basement. Oh, well, I thought; no big deal.
The visit went well, but as we climbed the steps from the basement I heard my mother exclaim quite loudly: "Oh, these stairs are so dirty!"
It was only later on that I realized that she had actually been commenting on how sturdy the stairs were...
Posted by jt at December 6, 2003 06:05 AM