What? What? I said WHAT?

I took Jacob to a birthday party at Monkey Joe's yesterday evening. It's one of those indoor play businesses filled with giant inflatables. There were bouncers, slides, some sort of weird inflated rock climbing wall, and a giant monkey-adorned inflatable chair for the birthday girl. I am quite proud to say that I did not pop the chair, in spite of a strong urge to drive my knitting needle into the leering monkey face.

I'm not too proud to admit that I took my knitting because I wanted to impress people. I'm knitting a lace sock at the moment. I saw another woman knitting a bulky garter stitch square in the adult seating area. I shoved Jacob in the general direction of an inflatable (No, son, that giant purple monkey isn't scary at all!) and perched next to the other knitter. "Ha! We had the same idea, I see!" I grinned at her ready to pull my complicated sock out of my bag.

"What?" she replied with a blank smile. I'd been foiled by the roar of dozens of fans that were keeping the inflatables inflated.

"I SAID LOOKS LIKE WE HAD THE SAME IDEA!"

"What?"

"SAME IDEA! WE HAD THE SAME IDEA! SEE? I'M KNITTING TOO! SAAAAAAMME IDEEEEEEEEEA!"

She gave me a polite nod, then turned her chair away from me. I spent the rest of the evening knitting by myself. The parents all gave up on conversation beyond "hello" and "been a long time!" And I didn't even get a piece of cake.