The Story that Apparently Started it ALL

It was early 2013, Jake and I had just started hanging out with one of our now best friends, Emily. She has seriously became part of the family. Emily is known for her rather snappy wit and comebacks so she tends to keep us laughing. We were all hanging out at our apartment including our pup Jackson. I'm not even sure what we were doing probably just sitting around watching a movie. Jake was eating popcorn and giving pieces to Jackson. Emily sees this and tells Jake that to be careful because she has heard that popcorn can be bad for dogs' stomachs. The kernels can tear their stomachs up, she says. Jake quips back that he heard popcorn was good for dogs. He then adds popcorn is corn and corn is good for dogs. I sit there for course just shaking my head. Emily questions "where did you read that at?" Jake shrugs "On the internet." "Oh" Emily states straightface "You been visiting that site,huh, I make shit up.com." And laughter ensues on for all. This my dear friends is how the phrase was coined. A year later, we are still using this phrase for all the outlandish nonsense my husband (which is a lot) and anyone else creates. In truth, I have to be careful now to not say this when I hear someone say something stupid or absurd in public and as a nurse it's difficult to not spout this question off to some of my crazy patients sometimes.

( My crazy husband Jake and our fur baby Jackson on our last snow day)

(Our witty best friend Emily in her most natural state)