Lol! You guys are hilarious...
Today was awesome - family gathering round my Nan's. Read these, and wonder how I don't live in a rubber room with a padded floor and a straightjacket on...
We're all playing cards, just to let you know. Hearts, to be exact. My Uncle Lee, Auntie Marina, Dad and I, being watched by my Nan and two cousins. There's twenty quid in the pot, and this is the last frame - my Dad's storming home by twenty-four f*cking points, and only I can beat him... by landing him with twenty-five. If you're unsure of the rules of Hearts, those who get twenty-six points, which is all you can get, land themselves with nothing while everyone else gets the twenty-six. Less, in Hearts, is more. Lee already had a point, so Dad wasn't going to get twenty-six and "shoot the moon".
Lee: *Scribbling to me on scorepad* Have you got the Queen? (The Queen of Spades lands your opponent with thirteen points, and he already had twelve)
Holly: *Writing back* No, I gave it to Marina at the start.
Lee: *Writing* F*ck... alright, follow my lead - just make sure your father gets collared, and not Marina.
Holly: *Small nod*
Lee: *Sticks down a spade - the ten*
Holly: *Follows suit with a Jack of Spades*
Marina: *P*ssed off* For the love of God... *puts down Queen*
Dad: *Horrified* NOOOOOOOO! I ONLY HAVE THE KING!
Lee, Marina, Cousins, Nan and Holly: GUTTED!
Holly: *Dancing in seat* I wiiiiiin... I wiiiiiiin... =D
*Everyone roffles*
At dinner...
Lee: Erm, mother?
Nan: Yes?
Lee: There's no apple sauce.
Nan: Why in God's name would there need to be apple sauce with pork chops?
Holly and cousins: *Roffle*
Lee: Because it's the customary sauce, dear.
Nan: Oh no it isn't.
Lee: Oh yes it is.
Nan: Oh no it isn't.
Everyone else: OH YES IT IS!
Holly: Yeah Nan... beef with horseradish, turkey with cranberry... you're behind the times.
Lee: How am I meant to eat pork without apple sauce?!
Dad: Idiot... I'm sure you'll manage.
Lee: No, I won't! It's the PRINCIPLE of the thing! It's like black and white, dead and alive - they just MELD! Co-exist in perfect harmony! There can't be one without the other!
Maisie the cousin: Do you want me to eat your dinner, father?!
Holly: Yeah, Mais - I'll cut you a deal. Half each, right now. On the count of three.
Maisie: One...
Holly: Two...
Lee: GET THE HELL AWAY FROM MY F -
Holly and Maisie: THREE!
*He gets pwned by his niece and daughter*
Maisie: *Who's only seven* Care for some peas, Holly?
Holly: Don't mind if I do...
*Everyone roffles*
I have a mint memory for funny moments.
Holly: *After dinner and cards, and we're all bored* Alright, you lazy sods... WORD ASSOCIATION, RIGHT NOW!
Marina: Deep joy...
Maisie: I'll start! Germany.
Lee: Hitler.
Dad: Homosexual.
Everyone: *Roffle*
Nan: There's no proof of Hitler being gay, Clive.
Dad: Oh, come ON, Mother, use your imagination! The only people who survived his reign were blonde-haired, blue-eyed blokes between twenty and forty! What the Hell does that tell you?!
Everyone: *Extreme roffling*