Thursday, November 25, 2010

Just Normal, Thanksgiving Conversations

Happy Thanksgiving! I thought to be different, I'd give a sort of, "Fly On The Wall" perspective on some of the things said before, during, and after our feast. Do other folks do this kind of thing, or is it just us???

My father-in-law, talking about answering a complaint before he retired, whether or not to spray for mosquitoes. "Well, Ma'am, I won't be spraying. I've checked for mosquitoes, and you don't have any."
"Oh?? Well then would you tell me what these things are that keep biting me?"
"Those are midges, Ma'am, not mosquitoes."
"Aagh! They're flying, and bugging me. That makes them mosquitoes!"
Fast forward an hour, sitting at the dinner table. A little moth was flying just above my mother-in-law's plate. I bring it to her attention.
"Nedra, there's a mosquito flying in your plate!"
My father-in-law looks at it, then tells Nedra, "That's not a mosquito, that's a moth."
"No, it's flying and bugging me, that makes it a mosquito!"

"A short pencil is better than a good memory"
"What does that mean?"
"A good memory still isn't as good as just writing it down right then."
"Not necessarily, I know there are people with photographic memories! And if they memorize it, then they don't have to worry about anything happening to a piece of paper. What if they forget where they put it? Or somebody throws it away. Or the dog eats it. Or their house could burn down!"
.....fast forward, again!
"Hey Mom, I'm going to let the dogs in"
"That's fine, but you might want to pick up your dessert plate from the rocking chair." (To keep the puppy with a good nose out of trouble.)
"Oh, come on Mom, what's the worst that could happen?"
"The puppy could jump up onto the chair, knock the plate down, breaking it in the process, then he'd step onto the broken glass, cut a main artery in his paws, and bleed to death before we got to the emergency vet. And then, we'd turn around, go home, but before we got there, get into an accident, and die."

Who needs any other entertainment?

8 comments:

  1. There's no better entertainment then sitting back and listening to one's family :)

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  2. LOL! Love that kind of entertainment!
    Sure you had a wonderful Thanksgiving.

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  3. After dinner, we all started talking about our health "issues".

    My husband points out "Do you remember when we were younger, and we noticed how weird it was that everytime the old people got together, all they ever did was talk about their health?"

    We all had a good laugh...Yep, it's the circle of life.

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  4. LOL!
    Isn't that what family is for...? :-D
    Elzaan

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  5. Robin, it's cheap entertainment!

    Astrid, yeah, it was fun. We had a great day.

    Tami, that's so funny! I guess we'll be there very soon. Wait, unless we do that now, and I just don't realize it??

    Huisvlyt, yeah, I love family! :)

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  6. Becca, yeah, it was nice. Too bad you weren't here. Maybe next year???

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  7. We are hoping...come new home or high water...lol!

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