From my mother:
“People who can swim are the ones who drown because if you can’t swim, you’re too scared to go into the water. So you’re safer.”
From my father:
“If she has diarrhea, then she doesn’t have hemorrhoids anymore, so what’s the problem?”
Posted by: Supersonic Jane | May 26, 2009 | 10:05 am
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Scene: Cousin Terry is helping me update WordPress in the living room, while my aunt shows my mother some web sites on the laptop in the dining room.
Aunt: (coming into the living room) Jane!
Me: What?
Aunt: Does your mom have Internet Explorer or Firef–
Jane: She has both on her computer but I don’t know which she uses.
Aunt: OK. Does she have Firefox?
Jane: (raising voice slightly) She has both on her computer but I don’t know which she uses.
Aunt: She has Internet Explorer also? And which she use?
Jane: (even louder) I said, she has both on her computer but I don’t know which she uses.
Aunt: She has Internet Explorer also? And which she use? Because your mom–
Jane: (louder) You’re not listening. I already answered every question you had.
Aunt: No, but she need to know which she has and if–
Jane: She has both on her computer but I don’t know which she uses.
Aunt: OK.
Aunt returns to living room.
Mom: (to my Aunt) So I have Firebox?
Posted by: Supersonic Jane | May 24, 2009 | 1:53 pm
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