Can’t Put His Finger On Why They’re Laughing

(My mom, autistic brother, a caretaker of his, and I are eating a bowl of mixed nuts while chatting. My brother starts rummaging through the nuts to look for his favorites.)

Mom: “[Son], no one wants you fingering their nuts.”

(Pause.)

Mom: “Oh. god! That’s not what I meant!”

Caretaker: “Well, I wasn’t going to say anything…”

(Then we all burst out laughing while my brother looked on in bemusement.)