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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