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Jim Brown knew he was in trouble before his mother finished asking the question.“Am I a better cook than your wife?” she asked, calmly stirring a pot on the stove 1 in her kitchen.With his wife, Joy, standing next to him, Mr. Brown stammered and stuttered 2 . He prayed for a trap door to appear 3 . Finally, he did the only thing he could think to do: Tell the truth. “I said that my wife is a better cook,” the 50-year-old owner of an auto-repair shop says.
Jim Brown knew he was in trouble before his mother finished asking the question. “Am I a better cook than your wife? ” She asked, calmly stirring a pot on the stove 1 in her kitchen. With his wife, Joy, standing next to him, Mr. Brown stammered and stuttered 2. He prayed for a trap door to appear 3. Finally, he did the only thing he could think to do: Tell the truth. “I said that my wife is a better cook , ”the 50-year-old owner of an auto-repair shop says.