Dotty Parker

what's that ya say?

BellyRub and I collect the sayings of people who can't hear. The immortal, "How healthy is cat hair?" quote always makes me smile. You see, that's what I heard. When I answered, "Not very," everyone looked at me funny. While it would certainly be true that cat hair is not very healthy, it doesn't answer the question, "How did these cookies get here."

There have been other stories that I feel certain I've written about before. I can't find them, however. Another one that is a classic is my uncle asking incredulously, "You brought rubber shoes?" when told that we brought Trivial Pursuit.

BellyRub emailed me one today that I tried to read to BrilliantEditor because I thought it was so funny. I was laughing and giggling so much that he could barely understand me (how appropriate).

Here's his email:
Anyway, you know the "how healthy is cat hair" stories we tell.

I had one yesterday. I was probably 20 feet away from this guy and he looks at me and asks, "Did you hide Frodo this weekend?" What I was meant to hear was "Did you go to the bar this weekend?"

I got a good laugh.

BTW I quit smoking...again.

I'm still laughing about Frodo. Frodo smokes, you know.

Posted by dotty at February 24, 2004 10:33 PM