Literally Literal!

Ever heard the cliched phrase "I'll miss you, Im serious!"? Why would you even bother to say something unless you mean it? Speak about being literally literal! I was coming one day back home and my mother and I were having our usual conversation over almost everything and anything under the sun! When I started cribbing on how I had put on weight! She came up with a solution of telling me to play a sport! Well, A sports person by heart and not by mind! I thought - Basketball - Naaa, it's been too long! And then I just told my mother I would start running - an athelete when I was small, brought up the decision and also since the new trend in me was that the moment I get scared of something, I run away from it! Speak about being literally literal again! The types! The English language does have a funny way around things doesn't it? Reason's I simply love the English language!