I can't resist.
Over-qualified as my family might be for this QOTW, my grandmother is one of the less scary and more amusing of them.

As I've mentioned before, she asked me to give her great-grandchildren for her birthday. With a week's notice.
If that wasn't bad enough, she refused to talk to me for about a fortnight after the great-grandchildren didn't appear on her big day.
When she finally spoke to me, she said, "Sarenka, you find a nice Polish boy and marry, yes? Maybe babies for my next birthday!"

Then there's her infatuation with my brother in-law's grandfather. She's absolutely smitten with him. So while she's making eyes at him and flirting shamelessly, his wife is all but spitting and snarling at her.
Ahh, elderly love. So cute.

But the best of her exploits is the vendetta in her nursing home.
My grandmother, a WWII vintage Pole and a German woman of the same era are in rooms next to each other.
Of course, they attempt to sabotage each other, from stealing socks and nighties to dismantling walking frames.
And there's nothing like seeing an 80-something woman screaming, "Spierdalaj kurwa" (Fuck off, whore) at the top of her lungs.
But it's alright, the German woman's no better. She general screams back some of the more well know Nazi phrases and goose-steps around.

I'm waiting for the inevitable catfight they're going to have.
( is0lati0n, Mon 9 Jul 2007, 12:15, Reply)