Posted by Sylvia_FL on 11/27/05 9:45am
Msg #78790

OT: Your Sunday joke

My mother taught me to read when I was four years old (her first mistake).. One day, I was in the bathroom and noticed one of the cabinet doors was ajar. I read the box in the cabinet. I then asked my mother why she was keeping 'napkins' in the bathroom. Didn't they belong in the kitchen?

Not wanting to burden me with unnecessary facts, she told me that those were for "special occasions" (her second mistake).


Now fast forward a few months....It's Thanksgiving Day, and my folks are leaving to pick up my uncle and his wife for dinner... Mom had assignments for all of us while they were gone. Mine was to set the table. When they returned, my uncle came in first and immediately burst into laughter.

Next came his wife who gasped, then began giggling. Next came my father, who roared with laughter. Then came Mom, who almost died of embarrassment when she saw each place setting on the table with a "special occasion" napkin at each plate, with the fork carefully arranged on top. I had even tucked the little tail in so they didn't hang off the edge!!


My mother asked me why I used these and, of course, my response sent the other adults into further fits of laughter. "But, Mom, you SAID they were for special occasions!!!"

Reply by GEN_LEE on 11/27/05 9:52am
Msg #78791

LOL! excellent pick me up! - N/M

Reply by Beth/MD on 11/27/05 10:12am
Msg #78795

Re: Loved it - N/M

Reply by TitleGalCA on 11/27/05 10:58am
Msg #78800

How funny! Kids really do soak up everything we tell them. Reminds me of a joke my mother tells...at 2 years old I was out in the garage with my dad and my grandfather. Somehow the spring on the garage door broke and it fell...and would have hit me with all it's weight if my grandfather hadn't absorbed the blow on his back as he held on to me. The air was blue with his cursing. My mother took me to the doctor anyway, just to make sure I was okay.

The doctor said something to the effect of..."well, what happened to you?" and as she tells it, I looked at him with big blue eyes and answered, "the goddam garage door fell on me". My mother was mortified.

Reply by Charm_AL on 11/28/05 8:43am
Msg #78873

lol TG...

Last year, my (then) 2 year old modeled her Tinkerbell costume, right before Halloween, for Daddy in the kitchen where she proceded to run around in a circle with her magic wand. After about 4 laps she stopped dead in her tracks and yelled "I can't fly DAMMIT!!!"

Reply by BrendaTx on 11/28/05 10:46am
Msg #78894

Sylvia, that's the greatest story I have heard in a long time. Thank you!