When we are out of something important at our house we sound the alarm. The person who picks up the almost-empty bag of coffee beans or the last bagel will say "WHOOP-WHOOP-WHOOP!"
My husband, who does the grocery shopping, will answer: "What do we need now?"
We do have a whiteboard grocery list, but if the situation is serious you're going to WHOOP-WHOOP-WHOOP about it.
Today I said to Elwood, "Do we have any pumpkin?" I had thought I might make some nice pumpkin/chocolate chip muffins, but that's hard to do without pumpkin.
He frowned. "I don't think so. Was it on the list?"
"Well, no," I answered. "But I whooped about it." You can't have a pantry without pumpkin in October, right?
"It was probably ten days ago," I continued. "It seems like usually if someone whoops about a grocery emergency you'll practically vault out the door to get the thing we're out of."
He nodded sagely. "To stop the whooping," he explained.
Who knew that WHOOP-WHOOP-WHOOP noises would be so motivating? Life is full of surprises, my friends.
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