The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #125214   Message #2773355
Posted By: Mrrzy
25-Nov-09 - 09:40 AM
Thread Name: BS: stuff heard round the thanksgiving table
Subject: RE: BS: stuff heard round the thanksgiving table
Oh, yes, and we also have a list of things we're NOT allowed to talk about, like fetuses (although now that one of the niblings is having a baby that might change), gypsies, and I can't remember what all else. Each banned subject, of course, has a back-story... They gypsy one comes from us reminiscing, with much hilarity, about Mom being afraid that the gypsies would steal her children, and Mom calling us racist in one sentence and then adding but of course, everyone knew that the gypsies *would* steal your children so there was nothing racist about *her* clinging to us whenever we were traveling where there were gypsies, for instance, which caused much additional hilarity among those of us that were already having fun with (note: not making fun of) her...