So my family is odd, I’m the first to admit this. And my mom uses the stocking as a chance to give us mundane toiletries and stuff. It’s a tradition so no one really says anything about it. In mine mom gave me some q-tips. We then opened all of our gifts and while cleaning up I broke out the q-tip and was cleaning my ears out. My grandmom looks over and says, “Oh! You use Q-tips!” And I’m sort of bewildered how to respond so I respond with, “Uh, yeah…” And she goes, “So you’re not a redneck! Rednecks use keys!”
The funniest part of this all is that she’s from southeast rural Georgia. The part where rednecks live. Oh we had a good laugh over that.
So tell me, any memorable Christmas quotes from other dopers?
Not a great quote, but great in its timing. Mr. Rilch and I had A Christmas Story on while opening our gifts. Scut Farkus is terrorizing Ralphie, and I remark, “I freaked, as did a lot of people, when I realized Titus’ brother was the same guy.” I was holding a package Mr. Rilch had handed me at the time. Crackle crumple rip…“OMG THE TITUS BOX SET!! Thank you thank you thank you!!”
I was looking next to the TV at my parent’s house and saw a cartoon version of George Orwell’s Animal Farm. Not really my parent’s style. I gave her a weird look and asked why she had it.
“Well, it was a dollar and I saw cartoons on the front, so I bought it for <2 yo neice>! Then we put it in and it was soo violent!”
DH and I got quite a kick out of that, and she gave me the DVD
