That is a great line and I hope you don't mind my stealing, errr I mean, using it. What irritates my wife and kids is my habit of saying ridiculous things in jest with a completely straight face, leading to them saying "Really?" and feeling like idiots when I respond with a smile and a shake of the head. We still tell the story of one daughter saying that and being guffawed at by the family when I announced at dinner that I was, after all, on the selection committee for the Darwin Awards. She's a lot less gullible now, so mission accomplished and lesson learned.
Help yourself! I’m in the opposite camp, never say anything that you won’t defend as literally true. And I’m a compulsive tidier, as well as a grammar-corrector. And when I’m really stressed out, I alphabetize things like the spice cabinet and the bookshelves.
And don’t get me started on how the laundry should be done.
Hey, I could drink myself insensible. Isn’t it better for my family if I just alphabetize them and arrange them in spectral-color order?