Recent Conversations with Ojichan
Him: "Your birthday's on the 28th? And mine is today? So, you a Taurus too?"
Me: "Yes."
Him: [with a mischievous grin] "You know, they say Tarus is the best sign."
Me: "And the smartest."
Him: [cupping hand next to ear] "What's that?"
Me: [louder] "Taurus is the smartest sign too..."
chuckles from him and Obachan
Me: "...with the best sense of humor..."
[he clearly hasn't heard this last, but he continues to smile]
Me: "...And don't forget most handsome."
Him: [erupting] "Bwah haha ha ha ha!"
Handsome, he heard just fine.
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Son: "Ojichan, I want to show you something."
Ojichan: [cupping hand next to ear] "What's that?"
Son: [louder] "I want to show you something. Come with me."
Ojichan: "I'm sorry, you'll have to say it louder. My ears aren't so good."
Son: [matter-of-factly and softly] "Well, maybe you should pop them off and get some new ones."
Ojichan: nearly falls of chair laughing (while I nearly die of mortification)
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We keep urging Ojichan to get a hearing aid. But now I'm thinking: his ears are perfectly capable of picking up things that he finds truly funny. What an excellent kind of selective hearing. Who needs decibels when you have a built-in humor-filter?
4 comments:
LMAO!!!!!! I LOVE the idea of popping your ears off and getting new ones!!! Actually, my vote is that his hearing is just fine. He just loves the game of pretending not to hear stuff. After all, you'd have never gotten the above mentioned comment if he had admitted to hearing it in the first place, right?
I learned in retail, waiting on hearing-impaired elderly customers, that raising my voice rarely helped, unless I also deepened it. There are many types of hearing loss, but I had the best luck pitching my voice lower. Maybe that's why he heard your husband, although I think selective hearing is as good a guess as any.
:)
BAHA! I need to use that "pop them off" line on my dad!
And, Tauruses do ROCK!
Yep- I know selective hearing well. My MIL is the best. She only hears what we don't want her to. Then, pretends that she didn't and carries a grudge a mile wide. Fun times, I tell ya!
Your stories are super funny, btw.
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