Unfiltered Story #363549

My brother-in-law is the most pedantic, self-righteous a**. He has no problem monologuing for literal hours if he thinks you are incorrect. And he thinks he is the smartest person in the room because he is an electrical engineer. He is also very dramatic and lazy, which makes this even more funny.

About two months ago, we were in Seattle, where BiL was huffing and puffing about how he is being forced to walk up a 45-degree angle when going up Pike Street, which has a 2.2% grade (or 1.3-degrees)

I bought some brackets for my shelves since they are slightly dipping at a 5-degree angle, and my husband and I are discussing them.

Husband: “I thought you would get different brackets.”

Me: “Well, I figured since they are so heavy and bending with nothing on them, I would rather get functional brackets over pretty ones. I can always hide or paint them later.”

Husband: “Yeah… They are sagging.”

Me: “And, as [BiL] puts it, at a 45-degree angle.”

My husband gives me a weird look because it is clearly not at a 45-degree angle.

Me: *shrug* “Don’t look at me. I am just a lowly female physicist. Angles and math aren’t my forte. Your brother is the smart one in the family.” *flounces off*

I love making fun of smug idiotic men.