Bob's White Parrots

Many years ago I was hanging out with some friends at one of their homes.  My one friend in particular rented from his ex-step father named Bob.  Bob lived on Lake Lanier, he had a nice little lake house, but Bob was really rough around the edges.  When I say rough, I mean really rough.   You wouldn't first assume he owns such a nice piece of real estate.  That's another blog for another day, never judge a book by it's cover...or something like that.

We go in the kitchen looking for food, and Matt who lives with his ex-step father Bob, closes the fridge and says, we only have ginger ale.  Typical for these bachelors.  Rachel and I were both staring at a bowl of asparagus.  Not being serious, we laughed and she told her fiance Matt, "We can have some asparagus?".

Matt replies, "No, we can't, that is for Bob's parrots". 

I immediately said, "Bob has parrots?   You never told us this the whole time we'e been hanging out at this house.  I love Parrots.  Do they talk?"

Matt replies, "Yes, of course they talk Melissa?" 

Matt always seemed annoyed, and he was annoyed at this conversation..

"How long has he had them?", I asked.

He's had them a long time Melissa?, Matt still looking at me like I am crazy.

Well, tell me more, I feel like you're holding back all this information, like I have to pry it out of you, what color are they?

Matt replies, "They are white!!"

They're white!!!, I exclaim.... Wow, I've never seen white parrots before, where are they, I got to see this." 

He continues getting more agitated, "I don't think they want to be bothered, they are upstairs sleeping and we got to be quiet so they don't wake up!!"

"Oh Matt!! Can I please go look at them, I can pull the sheets back quietly, they won't know. If they wake up though, do you think they may say, Polly want a cracker?"

Melissa, Matt says, "Did you think I said parrots?"

Yes, I replied puzzled, I thought you said parrots."

Realizing that Rachel and Daniel had already figured this conversation out, and dummy me and Matt are having this serious conversation, Daniel and Rachel's looks were priceless.

I didn't say parrots, Melissa, I said parents!!

We all began to bust out laughing.  He said, I thought you were crazy when you asked what color they were, then when you asked if you could see them and pull the sheets back, I thought you were a nut.

We continued to laugh and had to quiet down b/c after all, Bob's parents were upstairs sleeping.

I didn't know it at the time that this would become one of my funniest jokes to share at the family table, my family just gets a kick out of it every time.  "I want to see them", is the punch line,

Just thought to share this crazy post, have you ever had a mix up like me and ended up getting some good laughs afterwards.  Laughter is great if it's done tastefully.

My cousin in particular likes for me to share this story, she loves it and get's the biggest kick, so if you have a joke or a story, share it with others and bless them over THANKSGIVING, we all need a good laugh from time to time.   Unfortunately, I am usually the joke in my stories which can't always be funny, but I try to take my jokes with a grain of salt and share them.