Tuesday, September 19, 2006

NASHVILLE COUNTRY JOURNAL, Part 227 (aka, “A Regular Laugh Riot”) — by Steve Nadis

I got a disconcerting phone message the other day from my mother who was in Nashville with her brother and his family. She was with my cousin at the time and was laughing so hard she could scarcely talk. My cousin was laughing too. I could barely make out a word she said, but the bottom line was clear: She was having a “GREAT time,” and my cousin was an incredible host/tour guide and all-around good sport.

On one level, I was happy for her. You SHOULD have a good time when you travel these days since the getting there, with airports being what they are, can be a real pain. But maybe not THAT good a time. She never laughs like that when she’s around me. She never has that much fun. Which led to a sobering realization: I’m not that much fun. In fact, I’m a bit of a dullard when you get right down to it. So when it comes to rollicking good times, sidesplitting belly laughs, and all that, I can’t really compete with my younger, funnier, better-looking younger cousin. And I’d better not try. My only hope is to wait a long time before seeing my parents again so that the comparison won’t be so fresh in their minds. Maybe they’ll forget how good it was in Nashville and just go with the status quo.

Posted by Snake at 15:31:00
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9 Responses to “NASHVILLE COUNTRY JOURNAL, Part 227 (aka, “A Regular Laugh Riot”) — by Steve Nadis”

  1. Flubberwinkle says:
    September 19, 2006 at 12:58 pm

    You could take up banjo playing or break out the country music karaoke to “liven” things up for your folks’ next visit.

  2. Snake says:
    September 19, 2006 at 1:04 pm

    Good advice, FW. Maybe I should take a proactive approach here, rather than wait it out & hope they forget…

  3. ZARDOZ says:
    September 19, 2006 at 1:55 pm

    I THINK YOU DO GREAT

    IMITATIONS OF

    EBERT & ROGERS .

    SO HERES A THOYGHT….

    TAKE THEM TO A MOVIE

    AND THEN REVIEW IT WITH THEM

    OVER COFFEE AND DONUTS.

    AND YOU KNOW DO YOUR SPECIALTY………….=Z=

  4. Snake says:
    September 19, 2006 at 4:26 pm

    Thanks for the suggestion, Z.

  5. gatemouth says:
    September 20, 2006 at 8:46 am

    I think you should take a Karl Rove approach to this whole thing. You know, just casually suggest that your cousin’s fun-loving personality may not be all natural or healthy. “Well, Mom, I’m really glad you had a good time. Cousin X can be a lot of fun when he’s been, you know, smoking a little. And you must have cheered him up a lot, because last I heard he was depressed and suicidal over his third DWI conviction. By the way, did you get to meet his 13-year old crack-smoking girlfriend?”

  6. Snake says:
    September 20, 2006 at 8:50 am

    I like it, Gatemouth, I like it. If I can’t hire Rove, maybe I’ll hire you: Finally, character assassination hits home.

  7. Marco Polo says:
    September 20, 2006 at 6:39 pm

    I always Figured ya had an Insecurity complex, Snake.
    Now that we know that, let’s see a Post about the Pope, humanity in general, UFOs, inter-stellar space… or that topic de forte with you: Volleyball! :)
    And just hope we don’t find out about your Cousin’s new Blog, laid out in Green & Yellow. I hear it might make us laugh so hard we might forget to check back with this back-alley-gutter of a blog we know so fondly as Call Me Snooky… ah, SNAKE. :)~

  8. Snake says:
    September 20, 2006 at 9:26 pm

    You’re right, MP, if he starts a blog, that’ll definitely be the end of it. I’m not sure where I’ll do my whining.

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