My parents were kinda.. odd.
Mom recited 'three blind mice', and when she got the the section about 'she cut off their tails', she punctuated the word 'cut' by smacking the car dash.
She finished it off by saying the ending verse as 'have you ever seen such a sight in your life as three dead mice' instead of it's normal ending.
We, of course, sat there looking at mom as if she'd just been to Pluto and back.
Then one of 'we rotten kids' would say something smart like "We've seen dead rabbits.." and rattle off a list of stuff we'd seen croaked.
I'm still convinced my parents were escaped circus performers.
Then one of 'we rotten kids' would say something smart like "We've seen dead rabbits.." and rattle off a list of stuff we'd seen croaked.
I'm still convinced my parents were escaped circus performers."
LOLOL, Darksheare. I wish I had known you and your family when I was little...I would have been howling along with ALL of you. I love your mom! And I'm sure she played a big role in your awesomely great and odd (of the good kind,) sense of humor.
So many parents don't play with their kids from this angle of "wit play,"...and many times those kids grow to not have a good handle on humor, and it's huge, great world. Those kids, I've noticed, don't even have a confidence in themselves of knowing when to laugh. I feel bad for them when I see it. (Or maybe they're just in SHOCK over what I've just said. LOL.)
I think some parents think that it's "out of the box," or that the kids "won't get it," or it's the whole "why bother" thing--the parents prefer to save thier zingers and wit for their friends. Too bad for the kids of those type of parents...in my book, that is. :-)
"...escaped circus performers." LOL!!! Hope you don't mind if I share with those who would understand and would get a good belly laugh at your story.... :-)