example #495 of NJ public school education

NM: babe, its midnight, why are you cleaning the bathroom?
me: because its nasty! there is a little pink ring around the drain in the sink! EW! we are practically curing penicillin in here!
NM: um, penicillin IS a cure.
me: oh.
NM: its a good thing you're pretty.

aaaand, scene.