Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter Brings Another Family Gathering and With It Another Hilarious Misunderstanding at the Dinner Table


Well, Easter has came and went, another family gathering in the books, full of the usual; people repeating stories over and over again so each person that jumps into the story late can catch up, the usual discussions of various ailments that we've all become afflicted with, tips on which department stores carry toilet paper and other household goods for the lowest MSRP (legit its like prepping for an episode of the Price is Right when we get together), and the always popular and hysterical misheard quotes by someone who wasn't really paying attention to the story but just caught the wrong part.

This years award for best misheard quote goes to CW's Nana.  

We were all sitting around the table post meal, digesting and preparing for desert, simultaneously my brother got up to grab the Canoli's as I decided to throw a scrap of ham over to our dog.  At this instant my father pointed out that I'll be in trouble if the dog has bathroom issues later as a result...well this is where the fun began.

My Nana, always with a keen ear towards stories about bowel movements apparently, jumped into the discussion, seeing my brother carrying the canoli's and hearing my father lecture me about having bathroom issues, immediately assumed that I had contracted some sort of canoli based diarrhea issue.  My aunt picking up on the discussion at this point inquired as to when the delicious Italian pastries began giving me bowel issues. 

Needless to say, this story took a solid 5 minutes to unwind and catch everyone up with the fact that: No, canoli's do not cause me explosive diarrhea, and that my father was simply referring to myself feeding the dog a piece of ham.  You have to love family gatherings.