Monday, March 4, 2013

Seniors take their Lenten Fish Fries very Seriously

I took my kids to a fish fry last Friday night (I did not eat...) because every year my mother works at her church's fish fry during lent and suggests we come up there to check it out.  My kids wanted to go, so I said okay.  I did not realize how seriously senior citizens take their fish fries.  Holy Jesus - watch out!

There was a long line when we got there and if you do not move up when the line moves, you are given the evil eye directly spawned from the depths of hell.  Yikes.   And, of course, any time I am with my daughter, we can't help but make stupid jokes and tend to be a little silly.  This, in turn, makes us laugh a little louder than seniors apparently approve of on their 'laughter loudness' scale.  I'm only guessing on this from the considerable amount of heavy sighs and more evil eyes pointed in our direction.  Goodness!  These people don't smile!

The food looked okay.  I , however, wouldn't particularly want to eat it, especially after my post the other day about that fuxhianhuiid fossil thing, but for the price my kids seemed pretty satisfied.  As we were leaving and heading out, I was writing a check to pay.   I asked the worker (also a senior) who to make the check out to.  She said, "St. John Neumann" to which I replied, "Do they cash checks in heaven?"   Well, she just glared at me like I was a total dumb ass.  She wasn't laughing.  Come on...  that was freakin' funny!!!

The moral of the story... don't mess with the old folks at fish fries!








11 comments:

  1. I would have said something like, "Hurry up with the fish, I have to go pick up my birth control before the pharmacy closes." or "Molly, what happened to my 'Obama for Pope' shirt?"

    That would have gotten their pacemakers going, lol!

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    1. That's funny you say that about the Obama shirt. I was actually wearing my Obama 2012 shirt that night and when we were walking in, she gasped at me and said, "MOM! YOU CAN'T WEAR THAT! DOESN'T HE KILL BABIES?" (jokingly, of course) Maybe that's why I was getting the evil looks??? ;)

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  2. eat, pray, love fish and old folks. obama loves jedi fish, battered in mind melds.

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    1. that's about the third "old" joke pointed my way. if i had my walker i'd come over and give you a good beating with my cane.

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    2. I'd like to see that. Let me know when so I can get my camera ready. :)

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  3. You're right; that WAS funny! And if you think they're serious about fish fries, you should see how serious they are about paying (painfully slowly, btw) with exact change. Do not ever get in line behind one at the supermarket.

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    1. Yep, been there - done that. And they can't even begin to figure out the credit/debit machines. UGHHHHHHHHH.

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    2. I know! I am SO not going to be that kind of bluehair. At least, I hope I won't be.

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  4. It is pretty funny writing a check to St. anybody in the first place, so I think your retort was a good one. :)

    Not sure why the fish friers were so grumpy. Oh, that makes me think, there should be an order of monks called the Fish Friars, and they could manage these fish fry events. Bad pun, I know; I'm tired here at the end of the quarter.

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    1. I liked your joke much more than mine, Amanda! 8 more weeks to go............

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