Friday, August 14, 2009

Coo-coo Conversation

Yes it's a repost but bear with. This is an exchange between me and my brother Chris. Stick it out, you might laugh:

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Chris looked at me. "I just had a cup of that new decaffinated stuff." he said.

"No", I retorted, "that's the condition of a cow who just gave birth. De-CALF-inated. See?"

Silence.

"What...?" Chris said. "And I suppose Russians get their milk from MosCOWS?! Loodee, you're nuts."

"Yeah."

Chris started walking away.

"Awwww, don't be so cow-towed, Chris!" I yelled. He walked faster.

"So where ya going, huh? The mooo-vies?"

Now he kicked into a full run, stiffling giggles. I couldn't resist.

"Gee Chris, you're so mooo-dy." I shouted. "Come on, wait up! I can't mooo-ve as fast as you!"

Distinct sounds of laughter coming from Chris now. He started to slow down, finally stopping with his hands on his knees, head bent down, trying to catch his breath.

"You're an idiot, Cath." he managed.

"Yeah, I know."

Chris looked pensive. "Hey, write those down, and any more you can think of, I have a friend who loves stuff like that."

I thought about it. "Is he a COWboy?" I asked?

Moans from Chris. "No, he's a park supervisor."

"Does he look for moose? You know, MOO-se?" I asked with the devil's own smirk.

Chris turned from me, cupping his mouth.

"You think your COWboy friend herds MOO-se? What do they call guys like that, Mooseboys?" Chris's eyes were starting to water.

"Why would anyone need to herd Moose anyway? Why not owls? Say! If an owl got hit with an awl, would it hurt more?" I pondered. "What about a trowel?" I mused. "Why do owls hoot and wolves howl, do you think?" I looked straight at Chris.

He couldn't speak, his speech center was choked off by laughter.

"Howling owls, imagine ...." I said slowly, rubbing my chin.

Last I saw Chris, he was sitting at the table, writing something down.


6 comments:

Unknown said...

Love it! Somehow the phrase "mad as a boiled owl" keeps going though my mind.

robert said...

Isn't life great?!
Thank you for sharing this piece of yours.
Can't wait to hear replies from my son, even though he's just 23 months old, but I shall be patient.

Big Mark 243 said...

This is the kind of stuff I would say to people to get a rise or something out of them. Pretty clever of you I think!

Trees said...

i remember this luddie, it certainly is very smart of you my friend.

Jimmy's Journal said...

It may be a repost but it's still funny!

Jimmy

Writing on Board said...

It's new to me. Heh!