That’s the problem. The first time it’s funny, the second time amusing… by the tenth or, in my dad’s case, hundreth time… arrrrrgh!
My dad would introduce my mom at a party with “Oh, have you met my first wife?”
Or tell a waiter “I’ll have a scotch on the rocks, and my mother here will have a martini”…
Or start singing “Mairsy Doats and Dosey Doats, and little lambsy divy. A kiddley divy, too; wouldn’t you?”
If we’d whine “Mooooooom, I’m hungry” she’d respond “I’m Loretta - nice to meet you, Hungry!”
My dad was sneaky. We’d all be sitting around watching TV, and he’d look at one of us with great concern and say “Stand up a mimute!” Naturally, we’d get up, wondering what was wrong, at which point, he’d say “While you’re up, go get me a soda!” Funny guy…