communication keep two shabby family

Communication - The Keep Two a Shabby Family Live

Or the key to a happy family life, depending on how you look at it.

Just now Dad asked me to close the vents downstairs so we can try our

brand new central air conditioning. I was sure I heard him say, "Use

your tongue!" But what he'd actually said was, "Use your thumbs", but

he pronounces "thumbs" like "tum", hence the confusion. Those of you

who are wondering what the hell thumbs have to do with closing vents,

are just beginning to appreciate the layers of confusion that exist in

our home. See, it's like The Davinci Code, first you have figure what

language it is, then you have to unscramble it, then you have to

decide what was really being said.

My life is a second rate imitation of a Dan Brown novel combined with

a perpetual Laurel and Hardy episode. Maybe a little Backdraft too,

for the fire parts.

Suffice it to say, my Dad could reduce Dr. Robert Langdon to tears

with a single sentence. You remember the party game where one person

whispers something into someones ear and it goes around until "James

likes to eat ice cream in bed" becomes "Kill the Pope, spend the money

and Fred lost his underwear"? High comedy. My father can do that

magically, without the big chain of inebriated teenagers adding extra

flavour to the message.

One time he asked me, "Jewansome nood-lee schnitzel-puss?". I don't

know what's scarier, that he called me "Schnitzel-puss" or that I

understood EXACTLY what he'd meant.

Just now he asked me to check if the compressor was working. Our new

air conditioner is so far not working. YAY. And Dad just spent ten

minutes trying to explain to me where the new air conditioning cutoff

switch is. I'm going downstairs...

Grand. The air is definitely not working. It's now 26 degrees in here

and climbing. Dad's going to call the furnace guy.

I'm sure he'll tell them, "Gift barn art marks not jerking hot!"

Somehow, they'll figure it out.

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