I agree it’s fun to intentionally misunderstand. He’s borderline trash talking his wife with the food thing though. Treading on dangerous territory!
He makes a lot of comments like this about the First Moocher.
I know some couples like that, who think nothing of being disrespectful to their spouse in public or to other people.
I would never dream of disparaging my spouse in front of other people the way some people do. I find it embarrassing and disturbing when they do.
I think it says a lot about them.
Now, it is true that I have a bumper sticker on my car that says “My Wife says I never listen to her. Or something like that.”
But it is a personal joke between us (as it probably would be for many married couples who have a sense of humor) and it gets a lot of laughs out of people. I can often see a car pull up behind me, and in my rear view mirror, I can see the couple craning forward to see the sticker, then break into laughter. I had a cop stop me one night for a missing tail light, and when he came up the car, he said “I like your bumper sticker...”
I didn’t get a ticket...:)