Communication

“I think it is your turn.”

“What?”

“I am pretty sure I remember doing it last.”

Silence followed his statement, a silence as cool and still as the deep recesses of a newly discovered cave.  He looked up from the television, glancing toward the kitchen where his wife stood with arms crossed, one eyebrow raised in disbelief.

“Really?”

A look of confusion crossed his face as his mind scrambled to put together the pieces of the current conversation.

“What did you ask me?”

“You didn’t hear a word I said did you?  I asked if you wanted some ice cream?”