Things my mother has said

[exatron]

The funeral for my other aunt's father went well, even if she didn't take the chance to make up with her sister and half brother like I hoped. My middle cousin did most of the talking during the eulogy, and my aunt arranged for an honor guard at the burial since her father was a veteran. For lunch we went to a nice italian place. We had some fun conversations, I learned that my middle cousin is only a dissertation away from a doctorate, and my aunt was very happy that we came.

Since today is my mother's birthday (and her mother's half birthday), I figured I would share some of the strange and amusing things she's said over the years.

"When you move out, I'm going to get a futon. What's a futon?"

"He broke his hip and it was all downhill from there. Well, not literally."

From the blackout of 2003:
Mom on her phone to a coworker: "I need to call the teachers and tell them that school is cancelled, but their numbers are on my computer."
Me: "Your computer is a..."
My sister: "Mom, you have a..."
Both of us at once: "Laptop!"

"Hey! I'm in the oven."

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[kylet.livejournal.com]

My mother once noted wryly that we only catch up with certain relatives after funerals. Still, sounds like it went...er, I guess about as "well" as such occassions can.

Half birthday?

o.0 Um...she sounds like a fun person, that's for sure XD

[exatron.livejournal.com]

That aunt has issues, and we don't see her, my uncle, or my cousins very often because of that. She wasn't in a great mood during the funeral itself, but she was having a really good time at the luncheon afterwards.

I know it sounds strange at first, but my grandmother was born on November 22nd, so that made her 84½ yesterday.

She doesn't try to say those things. They just kind of happen. My grandmother, on the other hand, intentionally says things that can't be repeated and gets away with it because she's old.