(I’m Skyping with my long-distance boyfriend. While moving the computer, my webcam gets pointed at the ceiling.)

Boyfriend: “You’re much prettier than that ceiling.”

Me: *with dripping good-humored sarcasm* “Oh, gosh! That is the sweetest thing anyone’s ever said to me.”

Boyfriend: “I didn’t say which ceiling.”

(Pause.)

Boyfriend: “Sistine Chapel! BOOM!””