#186
Grandparents: Hello, Mr Lai. Are you Mr Lai?
Rockstar: No, that’s my dad. He has a bad memory. He always asks me the difference between turtles and tortoises. I told him many, many times!
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Rockstar: Grandpop. Your name is too old. You need to change your name. How about “Narbles”?
Grandpop: What’s “Narbles”?
Rockstar: Don’t know. But it’s funny Hee Hee.
Grandpop: How about I change my name to Rockstar?
Rockstar: No. It’s taken, <pause> Narbles.
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The Rockstar Delivery
Rockstar: Grandmum. Do you have any more weird songs?
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Rockstar: Grandmum. Do you have any more bugs in your bag? (Because my mum keeps various creepy crawlies in her bag to amuse him, from plastic ones to dried up real ones to resin-encased ones.)
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Rockstar: Grandmum. Do you have any tattoos?
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And then my mum left today, we have other visitors coming u c…
Me: What was your favorite part of the trip?
Rockstar: (Immediately) Nothing.
Me: Nothing? Didn’t you like them coming? What did you like best?
Rockstar: (Immediately) Nothing.
Me: <after thinking for a mom> Are you trying not to think about it because you miss grandmum?
Rockstar: Yes. I’m too sad.
“Me: Are you trying not to think about it because you miss grandmum?
Rockstar: Yes. I’m too sad.”
Awwwwwww! That just deserves an extra hug, so Mummy, if you could oblige and give that gosh, darn cute Rockstar a hug on my behalf. Thanks.
Hihihihihi! sooooo cute!!!! I love the ‘no, that’s my dad. He has a bad memory’ and ‘yes, i’m too sad’! Sooooooo sayang!!! Hug, hug, Rockstar.
Thanks CA and Heather.. Will do – when he wakes up! Agree “Bad memory” is cute, but I actually found the “I’m too sad” a little heart breaking… It’s not too easy to get my mum up too often, for one she’s tending a couple of increasingly old and sick dogs of hers…