It's all Elvis's fault
This is going to make our family sound so awful, but my father-in-law has had several strokes and as a result he is very forgetful (and that's a generous description). In addition, he lost a leg in the war and has severe arthritis in the remaining leg so mobility is a real problem. For years, we have followed him around wiping up spilled coffee, turning off water, closing open front doors, grabbing his drinks off the good wood furniture. It became a standing joke that when anything was broken or messed up, he got blamed, first when they had been visiting, and then whether he was here or not.
G-Dad did it.
Who spilled that drink?
G-dad did it.
Someone left the carlights on and the battery is dead.
G-Dad did it.
What do you mean you can't find your homework?
G-Dad took it.
The boys are in college now, and have carried the tradition and G-Dad with them. They still blame him for alarm clocks not going off, computers that crash...
G-Dad, like Elvis, is everywhere.
So a scapegoat sounds like a good idea to me. We can blame Elvis for things we wish we hadn't said (Elvis wrote it), the appearance of CL, (Elvis brought him), we can loan him to SI Jeff- (don't blame me for your suspension- it was SI Elvis).
Or we can blame G-Dad; he won't mind.
(Note: the boys love their grandfather very much, and we do this with great affection) |
