“So Maddy?”
“Hmm?”
“Wot you do wiz doz tings den?”
“Which things?”
“Doz tings dere – dat you made.”
“Ah the sugar-paste. They’re not finished yet. I’m painting them silver.”
“You start a new career?”
“I don’t think I could earn my keep making cakes somehow.”
“No. De other.”
“The other what?”
“You know…….” I watch her as her arm flourish as she makes a little twirl, I am none the wiser, “er…..Turkish dancing?”
“No!”
“Hawaiian?”
“No. Dah ladies of dah night.”
“!”
“Wot you call dem?”
“Prostitutes?”
“No!”
“Good. I think I’m a bit old for that.”
“Wot they called when they take their clothes off, dancing around?”
“Strippers?”
“Yes dats right.”
“!”
“So dey’re not props then?”
“Props?”
“I thought they were breast coverings, like coconut shells.”
“!”
“The handles are a bit cheeky though.”
“!”
“At least dey’re dah right size.”
“!”
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9 comments:
OMG! If your post about the earrings made me chortle, this nearly made me choke on my coffee! God but Nonna has a saucy sense of humor. Love her.
It's all in the eye of the beholder! Coconuts, indeed...
Choking with laughter! She is too much!
Oh that Nonna~!
I'm almost out of my chair laughing!
She's great
Maddy: Sometimes I want to reach out and hug you for all the things you handle with such aplomb, and sometimes I can't you have that much wit and humor in your little family. Thank you so much for sharing it with us.
Happy Christmas.
MAK
Hilarious! I love Nonna! And you!
Our children LOVE the bowls I bought from your Etsy for them!
Even as teens they recognize real art and real quality.
Barbara
Hah! Stick to cake making methinks. And, why couldn't you make a living baking cakes?
Okay, Maddy. I'm lost. I get Nonna's joke and I would have laughed, but I was busy wondering what those are and how you make cake in them?
(I did read all the other comments in hopes something they said would enlighten me, but apparently they all already know, because they were able to focus on Nonna's wit!) :)
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