during the summer we where sat out side in the sun talking to my 83yr old mother in law and we where talking about the allotment and gardening and if she'd like some veg,
my husband asked her if she liked radish to which she replied 'not since they all got myxomatosis!' to which i burst out laughing, she had obviously misheard radish for rabbit! my poor mother in law couldn't understand why i was laughing and i couldn't explain for laughing and my husband, her son, couldn't do owt cause he'd start laughing too.
sorry mum just too good a story not to share. xxx
A delieghtful story which caused me to smile as it reminded me of a similar story with my MIL.
She was getting into her late 80s and had been suggesting that as she was coming to the end of her motoring life she wanted to change her "little car". I had to admit that her now aging Nova was rather tired looking though it had barely done 40000 miles after 10 years. My wife wasn't impressed as she had been trying to persuade her to give up driving for hers and the sake of other road users and in truth the ocassional short shopping trip she mostly used it for she could afford to pay for a taxi. However I realised she wasn't to be put off when she announced that "Betty has just got a little Corsair (she meant Corsa) and I'd like one". either we helped her or she would no doubt be ripped off by the local dealership. "I't must be small and have four doors she insisted", when I enquired about what the requirements of the "new car" were.
Anyway being rather anti the idea of the then aging Corsa design I set about doing some research on other models that would suit her needs. I'd narrowed it down to a couple of candidates the top of which was the new Fiat Panda which at the time had just been launched and was getting good reviews.
So armed with the facts I discussed the virtues of the Fiat with her. She seemed singularly unimpressed, listening without comment, which I put down to her natural mistrust of all things "foreign". Finally I played my trump card, "Jeremy Clarkson has given it a very good write up!", I announced triumphantly. "Yes he is dear isn't he!", she replied. Somewhat puzzled I asked what she meant............. "Jeffrey Archer's a very good writer", she replied!
What finally persuaded her that she needed hearing aids is another and even more hilarious story.
HF