Recently
I received a text from my older daughter Kristin that read, “Woot! Congress!” Even though I was at that small window of
opportunity to dry my hair and make it look half-way presentable, I ran
downstairs and turned on CNN waiting with bated breath to see what Congress had
actually done. Nothing. There was nothing about Congress being bold on the
news. I checked the news on my laptop.
Nothing. So I called Kristy. “What did
Congress do?” I asked. She laughed and said, “Nothing. I meant to say, “Woot! Congrats! to
Kate (my younger daughter) on receiving her diploma. I sent it out to you and Matt
(my son), too. It was autocorrect.” We had a great laugh over that, and now the phrase has
become our family shout-out. When I told
the kids Love’s Spirit would be
published in April, I got a “Woot! Congress!” text.
of weeks later, I had somehow set my new phone to autocorrect and I didn’t realize
it. I texted Kate about a hockey game we had invited her and her husband Todd
to, but when I typed Saginaw Spirit Hockey it suddenly said, “Vagina Spirit.” What?? I
deleted and typed again. Same thing – “Vagina Spirit.” My husband Rich and I laughed so hard we couldn’t stop. I knew Kate was in rehearsal with the PigeonCreek Shakespeare Company that night, so instead of texting, I called her and
left a message explaining what happened with the text… she played the message for
the whole cast and they loved it. I was just
a bit embarrassed. Anyway, all of this inspired me to write the following
(please note that it is in very rough draft form):
Damn
You, Autocorrect
Autocorrect
again.
easier when I
Autocorrect
wine, a
game
“vagina”.
Autocorrect
harmless,
“Woot! Congress.”
Autocorrect
lives
when I type
hives.
responsibility
humility.
So amusing. I had to share on Twitter.
Thanks, Tara! We had some good laughs over these…and the start of a family tradition LOL
I think puppy pooping in the bedroom merits a poem, too, Pam. LOL These two incidents happened so close together that I just had to write about it! For more laughs visit http://www.damnyouautocorrect.com
Thanks for stopping by!
This is so great! How funny… and who even likes autocorrect!! Great poem too. I loved it, made my morning after the puppy pooped in the bedroom!! You rock!