Mad but loveable
See, my gran was a fruit loop and pretty nasty with it - imagine the granny from the Catherine Tate show crossed with a mad gypsy (hence the cursing)

But I've been blessed with getting to know other folks equally crazy but very loveable folks including:

slimtallgoth's parents going to a party a few years back, and his dad deciding to go as a woman - even though it wasn't fancy dress - and going to quite some effort in his costume, giving himself an alter ego name of Davinia. Apparently he spent all night flirting (and giggling to himself) at the bar while their friends kept asking his wife how come she was there on her own...

BTW slimtallgoth's dad looks like Kojak :D

My bro-in-law's uncle does a lot of jogging, and takes along his bicycle bell to make people move out of his way as he's pounding the pavements - he shouts at them too

My sister's inlaws take the biscuit though - the parents live apart but always have tea together, (still happily married, maybe this is the key!)

The father prefers to be naked at home and refuses to answer the door to anyone, even family, even if they've travelled a couple of hours to see him, unless they've made a prior appointment.

He also goes skip trawling, and regularly wears clothes he's found in them. He collects any kind of food/drink cans - from anywhere - bins/gutter etc and sells them on for scrap. He spends most days going round all the supermarkets looking for the stuff that's been marked down and about to be scrapped - he gets very offended (well, they both do) if any of their humming offerings are refused by any of their kids - not long ago they'd brought round some grey furry steak which was declined - only to ring up the next day and go on about how lovely and tender it was - iron constitution or what!

Having just sold his business he's now planning on buying some woods, with a hut in, as he believes there should be more trees...he is intending on living in the hut...naked, presumably?

He's bought his wife a nice house though, so she's happy...
( curvylittlegoth heard the voices in your head on, Fri 6 Jul 2007, 12:08, Reply)