So I'm driving my 92 years old mother to our house so that she can spend New Years Day with us and we can stuff her with her requested favourite foods. Lobster, Beef Stroganoff and Tiramisu seeing as you're asking.
Me: Did you stay up last night to see the fireworks?
Mum: Yes but there weren't any fireworks or Big Ben.
Me: Yes there was I saw it. What channel were you on?
Mum: BBC1
Me: So was I.
Mum:I watched Andy Williams but there was no fireworks.
Me: Mum, Andy Williams is dead. It must have been an old programme. It wasn't BBC1.
Pause now until we get home.
Me: Jan, mum says she watched Andy Williams last night.
Jan: She means Robbie Williams.
Me: Oh yes, he was on. Mum you saw Robbie Williams.
Mum: Oh yes that's right.
Me: During the programme they broke off for Big Ben and the fireworks.
Mum: Oh, I must have been sitting on the toilet then.
Me: So you celebrated New Year sitting on the toilet?
We all burst out laughing.
It's lovely to see you back, Alex. Are you quite sure that wasn't my mother that was with you? They become more challenging with every year I'm afraid.
ReplyDeleteCraig, some of the conversations with my mother are hilarious. She's as sharp as a needle most of the time and notices stuff that you wouldn't believe.
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