The brain is such a funny place...

at least, my brain is.

On many Wednesdays, we have a Lunch & Learn at work. I order up the lunch for everyone in the Reston office, and someone in one of the offices presents on some topic of interest. The ones I’ve been able to be part of have been great.

We had one today, and the presenter requested Chinese food, so I had people send me their orders so I could call them all in at one time.

One of my co-workers sent me this order:

Hi Jennie,

I would like a lunch portion order of: Vegetable Fried Rice: Spicy with No meat, No fish and No EGG.

Thank You!

When I read her email the first time, I thought, “Hmmm, EGG, that must be like MSG, but I’ve never heard of it.”

It wasn’t until the next day, as I was getting ready to call the restaurant that I realized…oh…right…

But, of course, I am the person who got to her senior year of high school firmly convinced that the Hawaiian Islands were off Florida. (I have an extremely logical reason for this. Just ask me.)