One of the funnier things in my life over the past week has been my mother. Really, there's no one like her and I'm beginning to appreciate that more and more. Before I used to hate it and it would annoy me terribly, but now, appreciation is beginning to sink in and I really think that's a good thing.
On Sunday night while the family was playing a game, I said "booyah" about something. I had probably just built a settlement in Settlers, but that's besides the point. My mom is the Queen of I-know-absolutely-nothing-about-pop-culture, so of course she gave me a bewildered face. She asked me what "booyah" was and I told her the first thing that I could think of, that it is a very bad swear word. Now, my mom is a girl of the fifties, conservative beyond description, really. In short, she doesn't swear. (Actually, I do have a rather faded memory of my mom bringing in groceries and dropping a bag and I thought she said "sh*t" but she denied it and I think cried because her children thought she was vile and no longer a Christian.)
So immense pleasure has been brought to my life by trying to get my mom to say "booyah." She's done it a few times (she really just wants to fit in like everyone else in this world), but she always asks me what it means. She even told me one time that it's just been so long since she's taken Latin. I just roar and roar.
I am not sure how long this can continue. For a while it's funny, then it's just cruel. Oh mothers. What would we do without them in this world?
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Posts
5 comments:
Stephen, you bad boy
Actually, Booyah is a stew (chicken, I think). I remember going to a Booyah as a kid and I thought all the people from town brought all their leftover meats & vegetables and thew them together to form a huge stew, which they then sold back to the townspeople. But there really is a recipe. I thought it was horrible stuff. From Andrew's mom <><
By the way, I heard you cheated when we all played scrabble last year. And we were having so much fun.
I think we had fun regardless of any cheating that may have allegedly gone on. Maybe we can all play again sometime and Marcia and I promise not to cheat. It was her idea anyway. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I think we had fun regardless of any cheating that may have allegedly gone on. Maybe we can all play again sometime and Marcia and I promise not to cheat. It was her idea anyway. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I think we had fun regardless of any cheating that may have allegedly gone on. Maybe we can all play again sometime and Marcia and I promise not to cheat. It was her idea anyway. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
I think we had fun regardless of any cheating that may have allegedly gone on. Maybe we can all play again sometime and Marcia and I promise not to cheat. It was her idea anyway. That's my story and I'm sticking to it.
Post a Comment