This is a word heard fairly regularly around our household, our funny way of expressing surprise at the itsy bitsy things that go wrong. Some examples:
This morning my husband dropped a small piece of his hard-boiled egg in his lap and immediately exclaimed, "HEY! That's not what I was trying to do!"
One time I was holding a stack of papers and one slipped out of my grasp onto the ground. As it wafted to the floor I said, "HEY! Come back here!"
Whoever happens to be near us when this happens thinks this is the funniest thing ever...it never fails to elicit a good chuckle.
and you say it in a staccatto kind of way, "hey" short, to the point and so very very bossy (in such a good way), you boss those inanimate objects around better than anyone I know... xo
Posted by: Liz | February 26, 2010 at 08:01 AM
i just read something a few days ago that remarked on how many of us tell inanimate objects to "stay!" when they are about to fall. love the bit about the egg, too!
Posted by: Ingrid | February 26, 2010 at 07:16 AM
Hey.. just wanted to say it load...
HEY!
I use it often myself
Posted by: eric gabriel | February 26, 2010 at 06:42 AM
you DO love a good HEY!
Posted by: anne | February 26, 2010 at 06:42 AM
I saw a video on Ingrid's blog (mypeacetree.blogspot.com). It was made by DancingMermaid. At the end of the video a quote showed up: At any given moment you have the power to say: this is not how the story is going to end. - Christine Mason Miller
These words made a huge impact on me, so I want to thank you for those very right words.
(And I love your blog by the way, will step by more often!)
Posted by: Lianne | February 26, 2010 at 01:37 AM
I miss you and your "hey's".
Posted by: Melissa | February 25, 2010 at 03:20 PM