Me and the boys went to dinner the last week with Mom. It was a nasty, foggy night and Mom was driving.
The boys were in the back carrying on and I thought Mom was backing out of a parking space when a car was very slowly approaching us.
The following conversation ensued:
ME: WAIT!
Mom: What?
ME: A car is coming!
Mom: I know that...
ME: Then stop the car!
Mom: My car isn't moving...
ME: Oh, sorry. It's so foggy and the way it's coming at us almost looked like we were the ones that were moving.
Mom: Oh, I know what that is.
ME: What?
Mom: An obstacle illusion
ME: HUH?
Mom: Ya know, an obstacle illusion
ME: .....
Mom: ???
ME: <smile>
As my Dad would say, "That's MY Mom!"
Leave it to my Mom to come up with such an appropriate new word.
Right now, Mom is gone on her week-long cruise and one can only hope she is watching out for those obstacle illusions on the boat as well! Miss you and love ya, Mom!
Hehehe.
Posted by: Laura | Friday, February 23, 2007 at 10:43 AM
Awe... Can't wait for her to come home!
Posted by: krusty | Friday, February 23, 2007 at 02:18 PM
Ha-Ha. Or here's a new name for your mom's new words: "Vera-isms" (i love your mom!)
i hope she had a good time on the cruise! And i hope she has some good stories to tell about it! (i wonder if Gopher was there?!?)lol
Posted by: Lisa P | Saturday, February 24, 2007 at 10:07 PM
That's a good one. A Freudian slip. My wife once was discussing some discomfort she had with her doctor and asked if she might have fiber optic breast disease. The doctor chuckled and said she probably meant fiber cystic breast disease. And fortunately she didn't have either.
Posted by: ken | Sunday, February 25, 2007 at 02:12 PM
Haha that's a good one!
Posted by: Tawcan | Monday, February 26, 2007 at 01:47 AM
So cute!
I wish I were going on a cruise instead of sitting here looking at the wet spot on my ceiling.
Posted by: Sally | Monday, February 26, 2007 at 02:22 PM
LOL, I like that! :)
Posted by: Tammy | Sunday, March 04, 2007 at 07:33 AM