Friday, March 16, 2012

YOU’RE PROBABLY WONDERING WHY I CALLED THIS MEETING…..

Guest post by the famous Fishducky!!!


I thought it would be nice to have a special viewing of my family photo album.  Let’s start with the wedding of my daughter & son-in-law.  (Note: My slip is NOT showing!  That’s the way the dress was designed.)  From left to right, they are: My son, Matt (Angelo’s best man), me, Angelo, Nancy, Bud & my other son, Blake (Nancy’s maid of honor!).  It’s not often that my husband out-funnies me, but I have to give credit where credit is due.  At the reception I made a toast to the newlyweds: “May you both be as happy in your marriage as my husband is in ours!”  Everybody laughed.  Then Bud made his toast: “May you both be as happy in your marriage as my wife THINKS I am in ours!”
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    Matt met his wife, Linda, while he was working at Chapman College & she was coaching (& playing with) the men’s water polo team.  She is totally at home in the water & their home is filled with fish pictures, statuettes, etc. With our name being Fischer, they are now “Fishman” & “Fishlegs”.  I designed a fish bride & groom cake decoration, about 5 or 6 inches tall, with a veil, wedding bouquet, top hat & bowtie & had it made by a glassblower on Olvera Street.  I don’t know what movers they used when they left for Connecticut, but they should have used someone else.  Linda told me the first question they asked her was if she had any bubble wrap.  Below is a drawing of how I remember it looked before it was (unsuccessfully) moved to the east coast.
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    My granddaughter, Adriana, looked exactly like me when we were both babies was absolutely beautiful when she was little--& she still is!  One night, Angelo was in the kitchen visiting with me while I was cooking dinner.  (I TOLD you I used to cook dinner!)  He said that he knew all parents thought their children were beautiful, but that Adriana was special.  He said Mara, his 3 year old, was beautiful, but 1 year old Adriana was even more so.  He asked me my opinion.  I told him I agreed with him, but as her grandmother, it was possible I was just a little bit prejudiced.  He said, “No, I’m right, & I’m not the only one who thinks so.  MY MOTHER thinks so, too!”  I guess that proves it.  This is a picture of 1 year old Adriana:
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    When our sons were in the Cub Scouts, Bud was the troop leader & I was the head den mother.  We were talking to some of the other parents about our upcoming trip (our first) to Paris.  We said we were booked into a hotel room that was at one time occupied by Mistinguett, who had been a famous actress, singer & courtesan (hooker? mistress?) & that the furniture was mirrored & that there was a fur bedspread.  One of the fathers, Abe, was a furrier.  He asked for a nude photo on that bedspread.  We told him OK.  When we returned, we hosted a dinner for all the adult leaders & their spouses.  After dinner we told them that since we had a captive audience, we knew they’d love to see slides of our trip.   We showed them a few pictures of the Eiffel Tower, the Champs d’Elysee, etc. & then this one, below.  I don’t think it was exactly what Abe expected, but IT GOT A STANDING OVATION!!
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What beautiful memories these pictures bring back----fishducky
      
   

33 comments:

  1. Holy crap I about peed myself. When it pulled up the page it took me straight to the bottom with the naked man. Talk about being confused.

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  2. Elisa--Glad to see you got your POS computer working!

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    1. You're confused? I have to live with him!

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    2. Me too. Lol That picture of Bud is classic! You grand baby is beautiful. I bet she's a gorgeous girl now too ;)

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    3. I assume the "Me, too" refers to the computer & not Bud.

      Thank you--she is. She just turned 18 this month.

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    4. P. S. Fran, my mom wanted me to tell you, that's a beautiful picture of you.
      I agree. ;)

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  3. The top half and bottom half of that naked bloke don't seem to match up. And he looks a bit like Dabney Coleman.

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  4. I guess Blogger's confused, too. The comment above was meant for ALICIAMARIE.

    TONY--He matches. It's just that his legs weren't as tan (or hairy) as his chest.

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  5. Well that was definitely an eye opener. If I wasnt awake before, I definitely am now. :)

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  6. Fishducky, I think this post just out-did anything I've ever written. Please tell me you have that last picture framed and in the entryway to your house...

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    1. I SHOULD have it in front of the house--it would probably keep salesmen & Jehovah's Witnesses away!

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  7. Your grandbaby is darling! I laugh every time i see that picture of Bud. What disturbed me is that Tony looked close enough to see that Bud was hairy on top and not on the bottom. Tony I am shocked. Even I didn't look that closely. haha

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    1. Thanks! I don't need the picture--I laugh every time I see Bud!

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  8. Love, love, love the photo. Love, love, love you.

    Love,
    Janie

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    1. Which photo? Love you, too!!

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    2. I'm sorry. I meant Bedbud, but the baby is cute and your daughter's wedding dress superb.

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    3. I read what you wrote as BEDBUG instead of BEDBUD, but's let's just call him BUD, OK?

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  9. That is so totally something Tony would do. :) Too funny!

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    1. You mean there's another one out there like him?

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  10. LOL thank God they invented hats..hahahahaha

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  11. You made me laugh and thank you for that but really I did get a bit of a shock when I saw a naked man on you blog and the wedding toast now that was funny little Adriana is oh so cute...........

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    1. It's not like he was COMPLETELY naked--he WAS wearing a hat!

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  12. That is completely hysterical! Brave, brave man...or just crazy - ha!

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    1. I really wish I could figure out which he is!

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  13. Dear Fishducky, the photograph of you is lovely. Your smile gives away your whole delightful personality. As to Bud's photograph on the Parisian fur blanket--well, I bet your dinner guests line up to get invited to your house! Peace.

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    1. Thank you so much! Now they line up for us to take them out to dinner!

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  14. OMG! This post topped the charts. Your family is lovely and, well... *coughs* What can I say, the rest is a show stopper.

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  15. Omg, what a really funny post. Your family sound wonderful. I love that pic of your hubby and I have a similar one of my hubby - although not quite so smiley!

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    1. DEBRAKRISTI & CLAIRE--Glad you both enjoyed it!

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