Friday, January 16, 2009

Breakfast with Dad

Due to having to work an occasional weekend, I will have a Friday off work every now and then. Often I will get together with my dad for breakfast or lunch on those days. I don't see him as often as I probably should. The conversations range from the very interesting (stories from his days in the Navy, etc) to somewhat boring (car mechanics, etc). Here is a sample of some conversation from our breakfast this morning:

Dad: Mom and I may be going up to Redding shopping tomorrow.

Me: Oh? Matt and I are thinking about going to the Farm Show.

Dad: I went up there once. It was in the 70s. I think once was enough. You two have been up there before, haven't you?

Me: Yeah, a couple or three years ago. The food court is great, and we like to go look at all the chickens.

Dad: I remember, when you were little, we took you up there for the circus.

Me: Yeah, I remember that, too.

Dad: Yeah, the Bimbo Circus.

Me: (eyes bug out)

Dad: ...all the animals, it was a three ring circus, you know! (pause)....(laughing) It wasn't called the Bimbo Circus, was it?

Me: (laughing) I think it was Zembo, dad.

Dad: (laughing) OH! YES, that was it....Zembo.



8 comments:

Anonymous said...

"Bimbo" circus?

::guffaws::

Jody M said...

It was really funny! I told my mom about it later and I thought she was going to bust something. Seriously, she'd just had cataract surgery and I realized too late I probably shouldn't have said anything.

Me voici ∞ Here I am said...

Let's face it, he was probably drunk.

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