Sorry, but i was fed up.
It was back in high school, and my mum had died two weeks previously, and been cremated. I had only just got back, and everyone was being really nice about it, not mentioning and so forth, but occaisionally people slipped up. I was just getting used to this, when one day we were all sitting in the library, discussing a mate's plans for a house party. He then ventured "i was hopin my parents would be away for the weekend, but it looks like they'll be here" "why not have the party anyway?" chips in someone. they then lead on to many jokes about how his mum would probably just get rat arsed and fall over. everyone started on this line with "I'd have to keep my mum in the kitchen, or she'd probably shout at us all for being drunk" and so on. this went round the table, and when it got to my end, one turned to me and said "what about you?" fed up with just looking sorrowful, i cracked and piped up "i'd probably have to leave her on the shelf in case someone knocked the urn over." everyone dropped their eyes in silence, except my mate mick who actually fell off his chair laughing. It never came up again.
(alchohol, Thu 22 Apr 2004, 23:28, Reply)