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Scaryduck LIKES EGG, Thu 25 Nov 2010, 11:50)
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Indulge me with a cheeky pea-roastIt’s 1985. Rakky and Daddy Rakky are out in the car, almost inevitably to buy some kind of tools / DIY equipment / auto parts, anything my Mother wouldn’t be interested in shopping for and we’re having a jolly old time listening to the radio. The DJ announces “and coming up after the adverts we’ll have Huey Lewis and the News…” I started chatting to Dad about something to cover the incessant drone of local radio commercials. As the ads drew to a close, Dad turned to me and said “hush now love, I want to listen to the news…” At which point the opening power chord of the latest Huey Lewis single kicked in and a look of utter confusion descended over Dad’s face. “I thought it was going to be the news?” he muttered. Laughing at my Dad while he was behind the wheel of a car was never a smart move, so I kept in the rising hysteria until we finally got home and I could bear it no longer. I ran in and told my Mum about Dad’s mistake. She immediately barked with laughter and spent the rest of the afternoon ripping the piss out of him. Every time the BBC announcer would utter the words “and next we’ll have the news,” both mum and I would chorus “read by Huey Lewis…”
Now I appreciate that that’s not exactly a great story, but the inimitable Daddy Rakky would have been 68 last week; it’s 20 years since he died, and Mum and I still say, to this day, “read by Huey Lewis” every time we’re together and we hear someone announce that the news is coming up after the break. And it never fails to make me smile.
(, Wed 1 Dec 2010, 16:52, 2 replies)
Simple humour........but I am crying with laughter! Why is this so funny?! it's the way you held on to it, like a pressure cooker, and now, years later, there is nowhere for him to hide! My parents used to remind me of "styu-isms" I came out with when I was much smaller, years and years later, usually in front of girlfriends and people I had just introduced them to. Thanks!
(, Thu 2 Dec 2010, 11:11, closed)
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