CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

"Well," he said.  "I knew it!  I just knew if I waited, sure enough, he'd screw up!"

"What did you say?" he asked me.

"No, of course I didn't go into detail about what I wanted…"

Here's another one:

"My brother," she said, "is such an obnoxious bore!  He just talks over everyone."

 "What did you say?" she asked me.

"No, of course I never told him how annoying he is…"

And finally:

"She invited me to dinner," he complained, "and made food I never eat!  It was awful!"

"What did you say?" he asked me.

"No, of course I didn't tell her what I could eat beforehand…"

What do ya say?  See a pattern here?