Oh Gramp

This photo is ten kinds of awful because I took it with my phone. It shows my grandfather (my grandparents are visiting from Birmingham, England for a bit) drinking his tea out of a straw even though it kind of looks like he's snorting coke. Right before this we were telling stories of memories that stuck out for us (thank you for that lesson on flashbulb memories, psych class) and he chose a story of when he was walking home from school when he was four years old (he was in the "babies' class") and he accidently messed himself because he was . . . well, four years old. Though we all thought it was hilarious Gran kept going, "Oh I can't take you anywhere!". Then he got his coffee and filled it to the top with creamer and so he had to use a spoon to sip it, and when that didn't work so well he used a straw, as seen here. Then it went in too much to fast and he jumped back and snorted.

And then he did a decidedly NOT PC though good natured imitation of a Native American. But I suppose it's not nearly as insulting coming from him seeing as he's British, not American, and therefore not the society that raped and burned the Native American civilizaiton to the ground.

He is an odd but delightful fellow.