(My sister is a great cook, but very ditzy. She has just put the turkey in the oven for Thanksgiving. My mother is a great prankster.)

Mom: *to my sister* “Honey, we’re out of chicken broth. Can you run to the store and grab some more?”

Sister: “Sure, Mom.”

(She leaves.)

Mom: *opening the oven and taking the turkey out* “Open the fridge, hun.”

Me: *opening the fridge* “Why? What are you doing?”

Mom: “Just check the crisper drawer.”

Me: *pulls out a Cornish game hen* “What?”

Mom: “Here, season it.”

(I do as she says. My mother slides it inside the turkey’s cavity, and sticks it back in the oven. I start to get a sense of what she’s doing. Later, my sister is carving the turkey before the extended family.)

Sister: “Ohmigod!” *tugs out the Cornish game hen*

Mom: “You’ve cooked a pregnant turkey!”

Sister: “Ohmigod!” *bursts out sobbing*

(It took us a half-hour to convince her that turkeys lay eggs!)

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(Our family dinners sometimes get very loud and crazy. We are currently sitting at the table, during a particularly loud dinner filled with a lot of obnoxious playful screaming and jokes.)

Dad: “One day, you guys will have kids of your own. Serves you right!”

(My 3-year-old sister has been scared of ghosts. One morning, she suddenly isn’t scared anymore. I decide to talk to my 5-year-old brother.)

Brother: “My little sister’s not scared of ghosts anymore all because of me!”

Me: “Oh really? What did you tell her?”

Brother: “Come, look.”

(He had put a salt line on her window and door.)

(My boyfriend and I are carving pumpkins for Halloween. I have chosen a particularly thick skinned pumpkin, and am stabbing away with a knife. My boyfriend watches me fondly.)

Boyfriend: “You would make a really cute serial killer.”

(My cat will often make a whining noise when he wants something. My sister has taken to imitating the noise when she wants me to get something for her. My sister is 26 and I’m 23.)

Sister: *not looking up from her book, starts whining*

Me: “No.”

Sister: *continues whining*

Me: *sighs*

(I go to the kitchen and make a cup of tea, and some peanut butter on toast. I then take it back through to the living room and present it to my sister.)

Me: “Here. Will you be quiet now?”

Sister: *looks up and bursts out laughing* “How did you know that’s what I wanted?! That’s genuinely what I was asking you for!”

Me: “Woah, seriously?”

Mum: *overhearing* “You two scare me sometimes.”

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