Monday, October 17, 2016

Did you see what I did in the yard?

Every time I visited he would ask "Did you see what I did in the yard?" I would say no and he would say "You never pay attention to anything."

"Because it was on sale"

Why do you have 15 extension cords in the garage? He would tend to think that buying things in large quantities even if you didn't need them at the time would save money if it was on sale.

When looking for a lost tool

"One of the f*****g kids took my tools." That's why he had 2 of everything.

The whole world is a bit strange

One of his favorite quotes from the social reformer Robert Owen (1771-1858) "The whole world is a bit strange except thee and me and I'm not so sure about thee."

Saturday, October 15, 2016

Instead of fantastic...

He would say fantasmagorical.

Play on words

He would say about a funny word joke "I love a good play on words"

When there is something wrong he would say...

Nothing wrong with nothing wrong with nothing wrong with that.

Thursday, October 13, 2016

As they say in the vernacular...

When he would say something that was not grammatically correct such as: "I am plumb wore out... As they say in the vernacular."