A Glimpse
It was all going super okay until one of my sister's 18-month-old twins decided to start throwing silverware, primarily spoons, across the dining table.
I don't think he was aiming at anyone in particular, although he missed my new sister-in-law's cheek by a half-centimeter.
Aunt Lola decided that since all decorum was shot to hell, why not discuss all her various physical ailments while everyone was eating? Makes sense.
She began with her high blood pressure, worked her way through to adult-onset diabetes, and ended up detailing how sometimes she can get so hungry she could "straddle a dead cow and still eat a bologna sandwich."
Sometimes Aunt Lola can't stand dry Western bread, as opposed to sweet Southern bread, and so she uses the dry Western bread to wipe her ass. No, really.
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1. Ismat said:
Wouldn't straddling a dead cow only increase your hunger? I mean, I'm sure that takes a lot of energy.
2. feelafel said:
Aunt Lola should really make the switch to "Charmin'". No, really.
3. kane said:
As if Mr. Whipple didn't have enough problems with who is squeezing the Charmin, now he Aunt Lola squeezing the Roman Meal. For Gods Sake, keep her out of the produce section!
4. The Inmate said:
Was she ever a showgirl with yellow feathers in her hair and a dress cut down to THERE?
Cause that would explain a lot.
You're lucky she didn't break into merengue and the cha-cha right at the dinner table.
5. Kerry said:
You kow, you should tell Aunt Lola that if she is going to use bread to wipe her ass, that Ethiopian bread is really the better choice. It's more porous, making it twice as absorbant as the average slice of Western bread.
6. Kerry said:
Crap. that last post was supposed to start out with "You know," not "You kow". I would never call you a cow, and if I were going to, I would at least try to spell it correctly.
7. The Inmate said:
Oh, I almost forgot. I'm going to need a definition of "super okay". I'm not buying that, Dooce.
8. darian said:
I agree with Ismat..your aunt Lola would definately have to use alot of energy to straddle a cow. When I lived in KY, we used to get drunk and sometimes go cow tipping. Let me tell you..you really have to run with alot of force to knock those cows over. I couldn't imaging knocking them over and straddling them. heh!
9. meegan said:
sounds very much like my family get togethers. except the focus is usually on aunt francis' bowels.
10. Sarah B. said:
We should get your family dinner together with my family dinner. We should also get drunk first.
11. arnold said:
Wow. If Aunt Lola can't tell the difference between food and toiletries, she's going to have to stay the hell out of my bathroom and kitchen.
12. YesNo0001 said:
Welcome Back, Dooce.
Back here where we need ya.
The Sweathogs.
13. shy said:
my aunt farts a lot.
14. aprilgem said:
Okay, then. I never want to eat bread again.
15. Ex-liontamer said:
This seems to be a symptom of family gatherings as everyone gets older: Politics and entertainment chit-chat take a backseat to symptoms of Gramma's Alzheimers and the 411 on Auntie's sciatic nerve; new babies antics get chalked up to "Isn't that cute?" versus the personal safety of others. Sometimes I miss the halcyon days of the "So, how's college?" question from my relatives.
...and I ain't never heard of bread in lieu of TP. whatsupwitdat?
16. Spike said:
Is it possible that you misunderstood L-O-L-A, Lola, because she had her mouth full. She sounds like someone who spits food while she talks. In any event, can't she get some of that free juniper bark out there in Utah to wipe with instead of -- does she like croutons?
17. Nonproductive said:
wait, I'm confused.
Did she wipe her ass with the bread, eat a bologna sandwich and then straddle a dead cow?
Or was it straddle a dead cow, eat the bologna sandwich and then wipe her ass with the bread?
18. kane said:
Gives new meaning to the term, "Pinch a loaf".
19. nita said:
reminds me of the time my grandmother told a joke in which the punch line involved the description "well-hung"-- and she wasn't talking about a chandelier.
20. Wayne said:
Was there any situation involving dog urine?
21. Matt said:
i prefer the quilted western bread. it's easier on my sensitive skin.
22. Paul Gutman said:
I think you should have tried to see if the little nephew could throw a dead cow at Aunt Lola and see if she could *really* straddle it.
23. YOFAL said:
I am apalled.
Or a' petered.
Nope, scratch that...apalled it is.
24. Ewww said:
So, are your Aunt Lola peanut butter sandwich chunky or smooth?
25. ed f said:
oh yeah, i forgot, Anna Farris. yum yum.
26. clayton said:
but isn't it crumbly if it's dry? how can you wipe with that?
27. Anonymous Coward said:
My parents flew over from the other side of the world to this side of the world to meet my significant other's parents for the first time.
We took them to our favourite restuarant. My parents argued at the table, belched all through dinner and drank all the wine.
My parents then started to regale the significant's other parents with all their various diseases, ailments and some of my most embarrassing childhood accidents and habits.
And then it got worse.
Please kill me now.
28. jimmypage said:
i have no thoughts, at this time. -jp
29. Keith said:
My dad's an ER doctor and my mom works for Planned Parenthood. The "what happened at work today" discussions over dinner while I was growing up have given me the immunity to be able to eat through just about anything.
30. Angelique said:
...... and people wonder why i'm on prozac. my mother has the terrible habit of explaining what happens to her when she eats seeds due to her dyverticulitus (sp). i feel ya, girlie.
31. Beerzieboy said:
And I thought Vegamite on bread was gross...