• Lost_My_Mind@lemmy.world
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    8 days ago

    At Christmas I kid you not. We got a tupperware together for my neighbor. We filled it with meats and cheeses, and cookies, and veggies, and all sorts of good stuff. We invited him over, but he said no. He lives alone so when my sister brought over this tupperware for him, he said he had been doing his taxes.

    My sister said “Come on over and enjoy some holiday cheer, or you’re going to make a little british kid need crutches!”

    He somehow didn’t catch the Ebenezer Scrooge reference, and thought my sister was threatening to go out and break some british kids legs. Which is hilarious! My sister is 5’5, and all of 100lbs. She’s the most friendly HEEEEYYYYY HOW YA DOOOIIINNNN from across the room while waving wildly kind of woman. And she’s like 52 years old. But somehow the neighbor interpreted that as “Come over and have a good time, or the british kids get it!” Oh, also, we live in Ohio. So she’s have to REALLY search for some british kids.

    But yeah. We bring him some holiday meal treats, and he’s in there wrapped in a blanket like “I was doing my taxes…” “Well come say hi to the family, or I’ll assault some british children!”