"Honey," he said, "are you OK? You seem a bit quiet."
"Hmmmph!" she said.
"OK," he said, "what's wrong?"
She didn't reply.
"Honey, did I do something?"
"Yes!"
"What?" he said, taking on his placatory tone. "What did I do?"
"You did something before dinner. I don't remember what it was, but I know that I'm really pissed off about it."
"Wait," he said. "You don't remember what I did to piss you off?"
"No. But it was very annoying."
"Ohhhhhh kaaaaaay."
There was a pause. She stared at the TV and he stared at her, bemused.
"OK honey," he said. "I'm just going to be over here, on my couch, and we'll watch TV."
"Hmmph!"