Who is Fred and Who is His Wife?

[wolram]

Dad, I was talking to fred at the pub last night.
mom, fred? whos fred
dad, him us married to that big woman
mom, what big woman
dad, you know her, you see her down the shop, grey hair always has a
black shopping bag.
mom i can't think, what's fred look like.
dad, tall bloke very thin, he lives down bottom of village, you know him.
mom, i don't know a tall thin fred
dad, you do, he's got a son that went into the army
mom, oh, was his name terry
dad, i don't know, fred always drinks bitter
mom, i can't think who he is
dad, you told me his wife won at bingo last week
mom, oh you mean fred tailor

 

[hypatia]

have you been talking to my parents?

 

[wolram]

have you been talking to my parents?

does it drive you nuts? that's an abridged version, it went on for 15mins.

 

[Mk]

Sometimes I anticipate that and give a few sentence explanation describing him/her.

 

[brewnog]

does it drive you nuts?

You're lucky, they stay on topic.

A classic one from my 'rents was something like:

Dad: "There've been some terrible drivers on the roads today."
Mum: "Oh?"
Dad: "Yes, there was this one guy, and he must have thought he was Nigel Mansell, the way he was driving!"
Mum: "Yes dear."
Dad: "Oh, I saw him the other day"
Mum: "Really, where?"
Dad: "At his house, I went round to drop off some printing."
Mum: "What, Nigel Mansell?"
Dad: "No no no, a customer of mine, Stuart whatsisname, you know, big man..."

 

[whozum]

Gotta love the english.

 

[zoobyshoe]

No one can do that like people from the UK. Harold Pinter's plays are full of that kind of dialog. I've heard some unbelievably funny British commedians do that stuff as well. I remember one about a guy whose hobby was "word 'nunciaton". "There's nuthin' so much fun as goin' down to the shop and sayin' `perspicacity, mates!'"

"And what does it mean?"

"Oh, I donno" wha' it means. I just 'nunciate it."

 

[hypatia]

on a car trip to the desert with my parents.

Dad.. your air conditioner works well
Me..yes I'm happy with it
Dad.. looks like it has several settings
me..yes its a good one
Dad.. They seem more powerful then they use to be
me..I imagine they have improved
Dad..You can really feel it
Mom..She can turn it down
Dad..She might not want to
me.. dad are you too cold?
Mom.. yes he is
Dad..Mother are you cold?
Mom..I'm fine
Dad.. well if mothers cold we could turn it down a little.
me .. Blink
me.. I can turn it off for a while

I turn it down and crack the window
Dad.. Your windows sure work well.
Me..blink

 

[wolram]

Im glad I am not the only one suffering

 

[whozum]

on a car trip to the desert with my parents.

Dad.. your air conditioner works well
Me..yes I'm happy with it
Dad.. looks like it has several settings
me..yes its a good one
Dad.. They seem more powerful then they use to be
me..I imagine they have improved
Dad..You can really feel it
Mom..She can turn it down
Dad..She might not want to
me.. dad are you too cold?
Mom.. yes he is
Dad..Mother are you cold?
Mom..I'm fine
Dad.. well if mothers cold we could turn it down a little.
me .. Blink
me.. I can turn it off for a while

I turn it down and crack the window
Dad.. Your windows sure work well.
Me..blink

thats just comic gold.

 

[Pre-AlgebraDude]

my parents just talk ENDLESSLY. Especially about what girl I like at school (I tell my parents NOTHING because they will rant and rant and rant and...

10 years later...

rant and rant about it. My dad will not shut up about this girl at school that I can't stand and it drives me crazy.

 

[hypatia]

That can be horrid! I've been single now for 2 years. And my mom will call and go on and on about her handy man{If you can't be handsome, at least you can be handy..Red Green}, and that next time I come out, I should meet him. Last time I was there, I met the guy who delivers there produce, AND the guy who carves meat at the buffet.
And that was only a 3 day trip..I was lucky to make it home alive!