I have to say your family sounds like a hoot
Kat
Linda Macaulay wrote:
> Here's another related story...that would be a joke if it wasn't
> really true.
>
> My dad was an only child. One day his mom had just returned from the
> store with a brown paper bag. He asked what was in the bag? Well,
> his mom had purchased "feminine napkins" but didn't want to tell her
> young son what they were so she said, "Cornflakes" seeing as my dad
> didn't like cornflakes so would be unlikely to want to go digging in
> the bag. He accepted her answer and went on playing. For YEARS she
> always called pads "cornflakes" and it wasn't until my dad was old
> enough to know better what she was really talkign about. Of course
> the story was told to me as a young girl and my mom and I would always
> say we needed to buy "cornflakes" while we were out shopping if we
> really needed pads. And I guess I am continuing the "tradition"
> because I now say that to my husband and friends too. Needless to
> say, we rarely really do buy the cereal because it just brings to mind
> the other item!
>
> Linda
> On Oct 29, 2007, at 10:19 PM, ken barber wrote:
>
>> if this does not make janet laugh i do not know what
>> would.
>>
>> --- Linda Macaulay <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>>
>>> 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"
>>> Kotex 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!!! "
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