katrina
Well-known member
> ----- THE GOOD Clean NAPKINS!!!!!
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> My kind mother taught me to read when I was four years old (her first
mistake).
>
> One day, I was in the bathroom and noticed one of the cabinet doors
> was ajar. I read the box in the cabinet. I then asked my mother why
> she was
keeping ' clean napkins'
> in the bathroom. Didn't they belong in the kitchen? Not wanting to
> burden
me with unnecessary facts, she kindly told me that those were for "special
occasions" (her second mistake).
> Now fast forward a few months....It's Thanksgiving Day, and my folks
> are
leaving to pick
> up my uncle and his wife for dinner... Mom had kindly made assignments for all
> of us
while they were gone.
> Mine was to set the table. When they returned, my uncle came in
> first
and immediately burst into laughter. Next came his wife who gasped, then
began giggling. Next came my father, who roared with laughter. Then came
Mom, who almost died of embarrassment when she saw each place setting on
the table with a "special clean occasion" napkin at each plate, with the fork
carefully arranged on top. I had even tucked the little tail in so they
didn't hang off the edge!!
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> My kind mother asked me why I used these and, of course, my response sent
> the
other adults into further fits of laughter. "But, Mom, you SAID they
were for special occasions!!!"
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> My kind mother taught me to read when I was four years old (her first
mistake).
>
> One day, I was in the bathroom and noticed one of the cabinet doors
> was ajar. I read the box in the cabinet. I then asked my mother why
> she was
keeping ' clean napkins'
> in the bathroom. Didn't they belong in the kitchen? Not wanting to
> burden
me with unnecessary facts, she kindly told me that those were for "special
occasions" (her second mistake).
> Now fast forward a few months....It's Thanksgiving Day, and my folks
> are
leaving to pick
> up my uncle and his wife for dinner... Mom had kindly made assignments for all
> of us
while they were gone.
> Mine was to set the table. When they returned, my uncle came in
> first
and immediately burst into laughter. Next came his wife who gasped, then
began giggling. Next came my father, who roared with laughter. Then came
Mom, who almost died of embarrassment when she saw each place setting on
the table with a "special clean occasion" napkin at each plate, with the fork
carefully arranged on top. I had even tucked the little tail in so they
didn't hang off the edge!!
>
> My kind mother asked me why I used these and, of course, my response sent
> the
other adults into further fits of laughter. "But, Mom, you SAID they
were for special occasions!!!"
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