Son to his parents: Someone called after you left but didn’t leave a message.
Husband to wife: Would that have been Jeff?
Wife: No, that would’ve been Kathy. She was supposed to call me.
(Context is his parents left leaving their son at home and somebody calls and the son picks up the phone.)
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