Flip Flops, Palm Tree Leaf and Aunt Bea

The phone rang the other night and lo and behold, my Aunt Bea was calling from her daughter's house in Tennessee about my blog. She wanted my sweet cousin, Kathy to access it on her computer to read about the latest happenings. We chatted for several minutes about my aunt and uncle's trip to TN and celebrating her 75th birthday on the road. Oops, let me change that to her 65th birthday. While we were commiserating over my uncle's heavy foot that almost landed them with a speeding ticket, Kathy found my blog site.

My aunt wanted to view it, so Kath got on the phone with me and I was telling her how funny her mom is. Kath said to me, "Have you heard the latest with my mom?" "NO," I replied, thinking no doubt this has to be a doosey.

Heather, Kathy's daughter came home and told Aunt Bea that a man had robbed a bank with only a pair of flip flops and a palm tree leaf. My aunt just couldn't believe her ears that this had happened. So, she said to Kathy, "How can this be? How did he manage with just wearing flip flops and how could he hold the palm tree leaf over his privates and still hang on to the gun?" My aunt thought the robber was nude and just wearing flip flops and sporting a palm tree leaf to cover the family jewels. I couldn't believe my ears, either. I was laughing so hard that my side ached from it all. I said to Kath,"Is this for real or what?" She confirmed that it was. The would be robber had used his flip flops as a gun and the leaf was to cover the flip flop gun. Have you ever heard of such craziness? The flip flop robber and my aunt's reaction to his caper kept me in stitches for the rest of the evening. I can still see what I imagine, my aunt's face looked like upon hearing the flip flopper news. Meanwhile, I can only picture what this fellow looked like according to my aunt's rendition of the robbery. Naked as a jay bird in flip flops and a palm tree leaf placed strategically.

May you have an aunt that is as funny as mine and who can make you laugh over the silliest of things.

PS-When she returns home, we are going to have cake and champagne for her birthday. I asked mom if we could put on 75 candles-oopsie 65 candles on the cake. Mom said, "She won't be able to see the top of her cake." Perhaps, I will get a cake in the shape of a flip flop with a palm tree leaf on it. What do you think? Wishing you all many Happy Birthdays. I give you permission to lie about your age, after all it is your special day.