Aunty Acid by Ged Backland for February 20, 2025

Same here, except it was Dad.

Heaven forfend you actually tell her.

Well, Aunty, welcome back to the cartoon world.

At least she’s ON her trolley rather than OFF it.

“Stop clowning around, or run away and join a circus.”

“That girl ain’t right.”

A Simple Response To A Deplorable Attitude

My wife is a New Zealand expat with a fairly strong Māori bloodline. To the casual Texan, she might look like she’s from south of the border. Hearing her speak, the average person might think she had an Australian or, worst case, a British English accent. Being from NZ, she has zero inhibitions around using colorful language as need be.

Today, my wife went to a popular hardware and home improvement store. She was loading four bags of mulch onto a cart when a woman approached her.

Woman: “I need you to load some of those onto my cart.”

Wife: “I don’t work here.”

Woman: “I don’t care. You people do this all the time.”

Wife: “What people?”

Woman: “Immigrants.”

Wife: “F*** off!“

Woman: Reeling and gasping “I COULD HAVE YOU FIRED!”

My wife didn’t stick around, she headed off with her trolley of mulch, paid, and headed home. No drama. If the woman had asked my wife to help her, she would have been more than willing, but the first words out of her mouth were orders — and then she used the word “immigrants” to describe my wife as someone “less than”.

My mom would say “What possessed you to do such a thing?”

Absolutely nothing. What’s wrong with you?

We all know what’s wrong with you Aunty. Why do you ask?

The correct answer is “I was raised by you.”

However, that might start something else.

Mom likes you best!

A friend’s mother would ask him, “What were you thinking???” when he did something really dumb. He would answer, “I obviously wasn’t!”

Dysfunction…….baby……..dysfunction!!!!!

As if the one(s) you’re asking could ever answer that.

Still a mystery today.

Get off the shopping cart before you hurt yourself!!!

My mom still says that (Me: 58. Her: 82) And I just say “What, you want a list?”