Sep. 1, 2005 - Mia Familia = A bunch of Bald Primadonnas?
If you have ever read/seen Eugene Ianesco's play "The Bald Primadonna" you will see how scarily similar this extract from my family's dinner conversation is to it's Absurdist style.
DAD: They stick out like dogs balls!
MUM: The other night I got into bed and was lying there thinking about the two of them living in the inner-city. I still picture all those ‘hip’ areas to be frightfully rough. They were all industrial areas when we were young. Who would have thought people would pay money to reside there. I was thinking about when they move in around there, they're not going to have security parking and all the crime! What should happen if they’re making love and a prowler walks past. I mean he’d either keep watching or break-in while they’re distracted and I don’t know which is worse!
DAD: Actuaries are ugly people.
BROTHER: Yeah, they're real cardigan-people.
MUM: That’s why you’ll do well, darling because you’re good looking, you know how to dress and you know what you’re doing.
BROTHER: This actuary is good though. He taught me a good Russian proverb today “If you chase two rabbits you get none”.
DAD: Does he like to read?
BROTHER: Yeah but he likes….
ME: Clive Cussler?
BROTHER: Dan Brown
MUM: Oh I forgot to put my lily’s out in the cold air!
ME: There’s a new Clive Cussler out called “Polar Shift” marked down to $19.45
DAD: I’ve got a great book up there called “Managing Revenue” he should read that.
BROTHER: He likes Dan Brown
ME: and Clive Cussler
DAD: “Managing Revenue” is a really good read though, I’m sure he would find it interesting.
ME: Isn’t that the one you’re in, Dad?
DAD: Yeah but that’s not why he should read it.
BROTHER: He likes Dan Brown.
ME: and Clive Cussler?
DAD: Ask him if he can write APL. That language was beyond me. Thousands and thousands of hieroglyphic symbols.
MUM: Quanta costa quello libro “Managing Revenue”?
DAD: What does that mean?
MUM: “How much is this book ‘Managing Revenue’?” in Italiano
DAD: Why do you want to know how much it is, it’s already in our book case!
MUM: I’m just practicing my Italiano to mia familia!
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