Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Bax

(Scene: Fenceline, muggy evening, Mr. ABF greets new neighbor and one of her three kids.)

Mr. ABF: "I'm [Mr. ABF] by the way . . . "

Neighbor: "Oh, I remember! You're [Mr. ABF] and Tash, and your daughter is Bella, and your dog . . . your dog is . . . . Maddy?

Mr. ABF: ???!!!!?????

Neighbor: "No wait, Max. Max and Buddy. Isn't that funny, I combined them!"


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Mr. ABF walked over where I was lovingly grilling our salmon dinner and recounted this by beginning, "So I just had a weird encounter." And we both wound up laughing so hard there were tears. Our collective sense of humor has indeed twisted.
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25 comments:

  1. Hope's MamaJune 2, 2009 at 10:30 PM

    Oh dear.

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  2. Which BoxJune 2, 2009 at 10:42 PM

    I was going to type the same thing: Oh dear.

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  3. k@laklyJune 2, 2009 at 11:32 PM

    It's a joke only those in the know can ever get. Or laugh at.
    Jeebus.

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  4. AnonymousJune 3, 2009 at 4:25 AM

    Oof.

    A story in the same vein:

    For my first Christmas since we lost Iris, my mother-in-law gave me...

    iris scented soap-on-a-rope.

    Because there's no better time to remember your dead baby than when you're washing your armpits!

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  5. niobeJune 3, 2009 at 6:23 AM

    Okaaaay, then.

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  6. charmedgirlJune 3, 2009 at 7:50 AM

    what can i say? it's funny...and the laughter...i think one can only laugh that hard and twisted when there's a river of shit running underneath. it's funny to us, or we die. i recently started using the term 'maniacally' to describe that kind of laughter. (i love that it's usually reserved for grotesque killers and stuff...HA!...but isn't dead babies what they usually flash back to in the movies anyway??!! you know, to explain how they became grotesque killers?)

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  7. loribethJune 3, 2009 at 8:20 AM

    It's one of those situations where you're either gonna laugh or cry. Laughing is usually better. I'll bet if your neighbour ever found out, she'd be mortified.

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  8. BluebirdJune 3, 2009 at 8:55 AM

    Laugh or cry, for sure. Ugh.

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  9. debbieJune 3, 2009 at 9:20 AM

    Thank god for your sense of humor.

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  10. MsPrufrockJune 3, 2009 at 9:37 AM

    Yeah, what Debbie said.

    It took me far too long to realise that fenceline was I word that I know. In my head I was reading it as "fence-uh-line". Goodness. I need coffee.

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  11. G$June 3, 2009 at 9:53 AM

    Creepy! I may name my next dog Bax.

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  12. BrennaJune 3, 2009 at 10:42 AM

    Oh dear goodness... (I do rather like Bax!)

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  13. JW MoxieJune 3, 2009 at 1:38 PM

    Reminds me a lot of Charmy's little one reminicsing about her sister Book.

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  14. janisJune 3, 2009 at 10:11 PM

    erm, I hope it's ok that I did laugh.
    I didn't know names can be combined like that... ...

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  15. SueJune 3, 2009 at 11:44 PM

    Oy, god.

    I gasped so loud, saying, "Oh, no..." As I read, C checked to see if I was okay.

    Oy vey.

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  16. SueJune 3, 2009 at 11:46 PM

    And,yes, it is humor appreciated by a select few.

    (And like pp, I totally want to name a dog Bax.)

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  17. TJune 4, 2009 at 10:07 AM

    ACK! Thankfully you guys can share a sense of humor.

    And afteriris. OH.MY. Our daughters name is Rose, so we have gotten lots of rose things since she died, but soap-on-a-rope? Well now, that's a whole nother level of fun. What WAS your MIL thinking???

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  18. CLCJune 4, 2009 at 4:22 PM

    I totally get the new found twisted sense of humor. WE can't cry all of the time!

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  19. moplansJune 6, 2009 at 8:01 PM

    That is freaky. I am glad you can laugh. A sick sense of humour is most essential.

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  20. NatalieJune 7, 2009 at 12:50 PM

    Oh man. I totally get that sense of humor. I mean, really, what are the chances that THAT would come out of her mouth? Sheesh.

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  21. melkaJune 8, 2009 at 1:23 PM

    That is completely freaky and weird. And, of course, funny in that special sick kinda way.

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  22. AliceJune 8, 2009 at 4:59 PM

    It's funny, isn't it? It all depends on your mood doesn't it? I've had ones like this which have just been riotously funny - but on another day I could have been really upset. But I think that when you do have a day when you can see the funny side then that's a good sign. With love, Alice

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  23. Ya ChunJune 8, 2009 at 9:56 PM

    i like Bax better

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  24. AnonymousJune 9, 2009 at 12:42 AM

    My own father a few days ago: "I remember that old dog you put to sleep last year. &;ltMyDeadBabyName&;gt wasn't it?"

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  25. LaniJune 11, 2009 at 3:02 PM

    we find ourselves laughing at the most inappropriate times too. things that probably should be really sad, we end up turning around. i think its the only way, right?

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