The Kind Of Person You Read About In Math Textbooks

My mother helps manage a small food distribution ministry, and she takes care of the shopping.  It requires her to buy food for the packages in bulk.  She is in the local grocery loading 51 gallons of milk into her carts.

Two elderly women are looking on.

Elderly Woman #1: *To the other woman* “Are you going to ask?  Because if you’re not going to ask, I’m going to ask.”

Elderly Woman #2: “Oh, no, I’m not going to ask!”

Elderly Woman #1: “Okay, then, I’ll ask!” *To my mom* “Why are you buying so much milk?”

Mom: “I’m… very thirsty?”