Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for May 31, 2023

I’m neither – I was the reason for laughter

Truer words.

I was the reason for grey hair.

I’ll drink to that Auntie and I’ll smile as I do.

And they might be the same person.

Cheers to that, Aunty! ;)

I’ve been both. Sometimes deliberately.

You’re absolutely right, Aunty!

Perhaps they smile when you leave

“A woman drove me to drink and I didn’t even have the decency to thank her”. W. C. Fields.

I don’t mind making a fool of myself if I can make someone else laugh. I’ve been doing it with my children, nieces, nephews and now my grandchildren.

I can’t help it. I get around kids and I become one myself.

Immortalized in popular music:

♪♫ The sweetest gift, a mother’s smile. ♫♪

♪♫ My pappy said, “Son, you’re gonna’ drive me to drinkin’ if you don’t stop drivin’ that Hot Rod Lincoln.” ♫♪

Smiling AND drinking. A good combination. Much better than drinking and not-smiling.

The birth of the Happy Drunk.

And Aunty has many reasons, I mean friends to smile…

Well if you’re buying.

I’m the latter DEFINITELY the latter. If anyone smiles because of me it’s because the look at me and say “well my life may be bad but at least I don’t look like her!”

“It was a woman who drove me to drink … and I never thanked her.”

— W C Fields.

I never drink Water. Fish F*** in it. — W. C. Fields