quotes: July 2008 Archives
My parents are currently here in Seattle visiting me. I have dragged them all over: to the pier, through the city, on a lake, through the channel, around the Sound, up the highway, around the casino, etc. It's always fun to have visitors because it gives me a chance to do some of the sight-seeing stuff I neglect to do as a resident. And it's always hilariously fun when the visitor is my dad.
The best way to explain is to provide all his out of context commentary that I documented over the past three days.
Griping at me for trying to pay for stuff...
"Now listen little stinky pot, you're not paying for nothing while we're here."
Modifying his hamburger order at Red Mill because he didn't want a kaiser roll...
"Can I get it on a regular bun instead of a keesher bun?"
Upon seeing a road sign for Tukwila...
"How do you say that? Tooka-koala?"
Upon seeing a road sign for Snohomish and Wenatchee...
"Have you ever been to...Sn...Snotchy-botchy?"
Trying to learn Jackie and Jeremy's names in advance of meeting them...
"What time are we supposed to meet Jackie and Jerry?"
"What were their names again? Jessica and Stuart? No, no, I'm sorry, not Stuart...Delmar?"
"Let me think...Jessica and....Donald?"
"How old is Jackie and Jimmy?"
Mashing up golf, tennis, and horse racing...
"Was there ever a horse named after Greg Norman? There was after Chris Evert!"
Commenting on the strength of Starbucks coffee...
"Strawback coffee is strong."
Disappointed that the senior special breakfast only came with one egg...
Dad: "I think this is only half an egg."
Me: "Dad...it's a fried egg! How do you fry half an egg?"
Dad: "Well, that's what I wanted to know!"
Adding more commentary to the Puget Sound cruise...
" 'Barnacle' was the name of the cafe in that John Candy movie, and they won a race in it."
Gawking at people downtown...
"Does she have pink hair? Or does she have pink hair?"
Trying to classify how a boat is or is not a ferry...
"That's not a ferry! Where's the ferris wheel?"
The best way to explain is to provide all his out of context commentary that I documented over the past three days.
Griping at me for trying to pay for stuff...
"Now listen little stinky pot, you're not paying for nothing while we're here."
Modifying his hamburger order at Red Mill because he didn't want a kaiser roll...
"Can I get it on a regular bun instead of a keesher bun?"
Upon seeing a road sign for Tukwila...
"How do you say that? Tooka-koala?"
Upon seeing a road sign for Snohomish and Wenatchee...
"Have you ever been to...Sn...Snotchy-botchy?"
Trying to learn Jackie and Jeremy's names in advance of meeting them...
"What time are we supposed to meet Jackie and Jerry?"
"What were their names again? Jessica and Stuart? No, no, I'm sorry, not Stuart...Delmar?"
"Let me think...Jessica and....Donald?"
"How old is Jackie and Jimmy?"
Mashing up golf, tennis, and horse racing...
"Was there ever a horse named after Greg Norman? There was after Chris Evert!"
Commenting on the strength of Starbucks coffee...
"Strawback coffee is strong."
Disappointed that the senior special breakfast only came with one egg...
Dad: "I think this is only half an egg."
Me: "Dad...it's a fried egg! How do you fry half an egg?"
Dad: "Well, that's what I wanted to know!"
Adding more commentary to the Puget Sound cruise...
" 'Barnacle' was the name of the cafe in that John Candy movie, and they won a race in it."
Gawking at people downtown...
"Does she have pink hair? Or does she have pink hair?"
Trying to classify how a boat is or is not a ferry...
"That's not a ferry! Where's the ferris wheel?"
