After Mom's hip surgery, there were many things we had to do. One of them was measure Bingo's penis.
"Chris!" I yelled. "Have you measured Bingo's penis yet?"
We were at his house. Mom was rehabbing there, since she thought it would be funnier. You can never question Mom's comedy instincts.
"Why are you measuring Bing's penis?" Mom asked weakly. She was in an opioid haze, lying under blankets on the couch. "What's happening? Bing...?"
"Nothing to worry about, Mom. Let the medical authorities handle this. Just relax. Are you dry?"
"I'm dry. Just a little damp."
"Okay. Partial credit."
"Will you order me some food? Maybe KFC? I want a bucket of chicken. I'm so hungry."
"A bucket? How about I order you the tremendo-vat? Will that work? And, are you dry?"
Mom smiled, face peeping out from her blanket. "That sounds good."
I went over to Chris in the other room. He was crouched on the floor by the dog, wrapping a tape measure around Bingo's waist. And penis.
"Hey," I whispered. "I think Mom needs to be changed."
Chris groaned. "Here, grab this end."
"That's a good boy, Bingo," I said. "And whatta boy! What's the reading? Ten inches? A yard? Looks like we have the John Holmes of canines."
"Now we can get Bingo the right size diaper."
"So Bingo needs to wear a diaper, too?"
"It's more of a sympathy diaper."
Mom couldn't go home yet for a plethora of reasons, but mainly there was no toilet or walls or floors or interior as workmen were taking her house apart, stick by stick. Amid the destruction, we found heaps of things crammed in closets. Four iPads, four fitbits, digital cameras, Bose headphones, and a partridge in a pee tree. Mom had given up the minimalist lifestyle long ago, apparently. We also found several boxes of old photos. To cheer Mom up, I sat next to her and went through some of them. Many were in black and white. And of people I had no idea who they were.
"Who is this? Who are all these people?"
Mom put down her Cheetos and Coke. "That's your uncle Henry. And that... I'm not sure who that is."
"Probably a roustabout. Or the town drunk."
"Why does everything have to be a joke with you?"
"Well, Mom, this is how you dressed me for, I assume, Halloween."
And, of course, another mystery object curled up(?) in the background. An animal? A blanket?
"Eraserhead baby??"
But, wait, there's more! How about this one, where our favorite corporal punishment objects come into view, molding young boys into scared boys.
"Yogi Bear? S T U N t??"
Oh the jolly Christmases we had!
Using the latest AI, I enhanced those photos.
ReplyDeleteThe first picture is clearly a chessboard setup to play the Queen's Gambit. Ivanchuk clearly peering over the board.
Second, is your pit bull Charlie slumped (or "making love") to a throw pillow.
Third is Bongo the Cunty Wonder Bear.