Asking your brother-in-law who is all thumbs, and being told it is a "whatchamacallit" usually will not.
"I could ask your brother," he says to the now heavily pregnant Sharon.
"They didn't approach like the usual fanboys who asked, 'Your brother was in Nirvana?' " she said.
"You go home to Thanksgiving dinner, and the family asks your brother how is his gerbil, and they ask you, 'What are doing with the rest of your life?' " Ms. Imperato said.
When you are pet-sitting your brother's girlfriend's rabbit, Attila the Bun, and you ask your brother, "How mad will your girlfriend be, on a scale of 1-10, if Chairman Meow eats her bunny?" and he says, "Pretty mad," and then, for the rest of the week, your daughter points at the cat, then points at the bunny, and says, "Eat!
Ask your brother, sister, friend, colleague or boss to be this person for you.
Ask your brother to call and check on your running progress while you're training for a half marathon.
"One person might ask, 'Your brother wanted $200 and you just gave it to him?' And the spouse may say, 'Of course, why are you mad?'".
He said, "Have you ever asked your brother to blink once for yes and twice for no?" One of the reasons I had not told anyone was because I was afraid of questions like this.
Ask your brother or sister to stop.
