The other day my girlfriend (1991)

The other day my girlfriend was talking about something
in a small voice all cozy and warm as we lay in the bed
and I was thinking hey this is kind of fun but kind of
boring and I talked back to her in a small voice and
eventually the subject got onto religion or fishes or
something and I began to think about Jesus dividing all
the fishes and loaves and then about whether he really
divided them or multiplied because either way he made
more of them and I said to my girlfriend all cozy and
warm how did Jesus make all those fishes and loaves?
I don’t really know why I said it but I really wan-
ted an answer so I said huh? She paused a long pause
and the room was real quiet for New York so quiet
I could hear the neighbor adjusting his binoculars until
eventually she sighed and said leave it to Jesus and
smiled a big proud smile and I thought she was a genius.
I was making her warm and happy and I thought this wo-
man is a genius so I said you’re a genius and she
buried her nose in my armpit in mock modesty and said a
big nooo so I said yup a genius.

— Jamie Berger