typical

So as I was reading more from the book in which I found the quotation below, John (who is on the phone) alerted me to direct my attention to the TV. When I looked at it (and it was on mute) all I saw that "Secret Lives of Women" was playing, and several women were in a living room talking. So I glance back and forth from the TV to John with a questioning look on my face: what's so important? John made motions instructing me to keep watching. One of the women the women went to a supermarket, and they showed her buying syrup. Then they showed her buying pudding snack packs. I thought, "oh, they're talking about pudding, and John loves pudding so that's why he's excited." So I turned to John triumphantly, convinced I had found the answer. Then John, who is still on the phone, begins to make motions like a woman pouring something on herself and rubbing her body with it while sticking out his tongue. It was then I began to think "oh no.." and as I turn back to the TV I see the topic of the episode. My fears were confirmed. I made the face of the Grecian tragedy mask as I read: Sploshing