Emy and I just had a wonderful phone call with Gene-O. He had some excellent one-liners I just had to share. We often ask Grandpa to give us updates on John and Julie’s house because he’s the closest to the action. He started by mixing up their names in a way I hadn’t heard before. And then it only gets better:
- “June and Jollie’s house is coming along.” (I’m not sure which is which, but I like it)
- “Ben, you have to got to see all of this cement…they’re paving the whole damn field!”
- “Now Ben, I love Julie because you always know where you stand with her. She doesn’t call a spade a spade, she calls it a friggin’ shovel.”
- After telling him he needed to take care of his health: "You know Ben, I’m not suicidal…but where the hell is the light switch? It just gets to the point to where you’ve been there, done that.”
He also continually referred to his candidate of choice: Met Johnson (which I learned is actually code for Mitt Romney).
Please don’t take this as Ben bagging on G’pa. This instead is Ben celebrating Geneo’s vibrant personality. I’m being 100% serious when I say we need to start a collection of this stuff because Grandpa has HUNDREDS of one-liners that I want to always remember.
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Bart, I mean Bess, rather Ben, Gee thanks for sharing those one liners from your dear Gene-O. How blessed you are to have him in your lives. He is one of a kind. I loved reading them and hope that you do write them all down.Knowing your wife, it will be done. It's like when your kids first start to talk. They say the funniest things ever, but the trick is taking the time to write them down. You could write an entire book with just short clips of what kids say. Same goes for Gene-O. When the sad day comes that he is no longer with us, those one liners will be of great value as those are the kinds of things he would want shared at his funeral. Not meant to be a dreary thought there. Love you and thanks. Mothah
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