Passive Recess

Me: “I’m sorry, bud, but I’m not going to be able to stay long tonight. I have terrible heartburn, and I need to go downstairs and take something for it.”
Troy: “Your heart is on fire?”
Me: “Not literally. But I ate some spicy food at dinner, and now the acid in my stomach is traveling back up my throat, and it’s making it burn like it’s on fire. It’s called acid reflux.”
Troy: “Does it make you throw up?”
Me: “Not usually, but sometimes.”

…a few minutes go by, and I burp…

Troy: “Was that passive recess?”
Me: “Passive recess?”
Troy: “Yeah.”
Me [laughing]: “You mean ‘acid reflux’?”
Troy [laughing too]: “It’s the same thing!”
Me: “No, it wasn’t passive recess. It was just a burp, but it still hurt.”

…a few more minutes go by of me being in agony…

Me: “I’m sorry, man, I’m going to have to go deal with this. My passive recess is becoming unbearable.”
Troy [laughing]: “Stop calling it that!”
Me: “But that’s what you called it!”
Troy: “That’s because I couldn’t remember what you said.”
Me: “Fine. Good night.”
Troy: “Good night.”