You want what?

The other day I was running up to the groccery store to buy a couple things and the Mom asked me if I pick up a few things for her. But the last item threw me for a loop...
Mom- "Oh, and can you get some cookinbears?"
Me - "Ummm...some what?"
Mom - "Some cookinbears."
Me (with a very confused look on my face) - "Nope. Still don't know what those are."
Mom - "They're...oh what do you call them...cookinbears. You know, those long green things we eat for breakfast."
Me - "OH...cucumbers!"

With the mystery of the cookinbears solved, I went on my way.

But this episode reminded me of awhile ago when I was at a friends house and a similar conversation occured...
Me - "We brought the wine!"
Fresh - "Cool. But we don't have a cucumber"
Me - "Why would we need a cucumber?"
Fresh - "How do you drink wine without having a cucumber?"
Me - Blank stare as if to imply, you're out of your mind.
Fresh - "You know...a cucumber to get the cork out."
Me - "OH...you mean a corkscrew!!! I was really worried about you for a minute."
Fresh - "Corkscrew...cucumber. What's the difference?"
Me - "For future reference, there's a BIG difference between those two things. Now hand me a knife so I can open this wine."

But that's a story for another time...