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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:38 PM
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My mother has the face of an angel, the heart of a saint...
...and the mouth of a two dollar whore.

My dear, sainted mother wanted to send Will and I some of my father's old Army stuff (Will, my partner of 10 years, served in the Gulf). These things have a lot of intrinsic value, so she sent them via UPS to my office, rather than mail them to my home. Well, unfortunately, Mom gave the people at Mail Boxes Etc. the wrong zip code, because UPS had to do an address correction. So my mother calls me at my office this afternoon in an absolute panic because the Mail Boxes Etc. lady told her that her irreplacable package was being delivered to a different address. I asked my mother to give me the tracking number, but she was so upset she'd cried and some of the numbers had gotten smeared. She said she'd gotten "irritated" at the Mail Boxes Etc. lady and the lady had hung up on her. So you can imagine what I did: I insisted she give me the number of the store and I called them myself.

When I called MBE, I asked to speak to the woman who'd just spoken to my mother (we have a very uncommon last name, and my mother's first name is even less common). I explained who I was and that I was trying to track down the package. I got the tracking number and discovered that UPS had corrected the zip and would deliver the package tomorrow. Okay. So then I asked the lady if she'd spoken to my mother. The lady said yes. I asked her if she really thought upsetting sweet little old ladies during the holidays was any way to garner more business. Turns out, my mother had gotten verbally abusive to HER. The MBE lady described my mom as having "a mouth Chris Rock would be ashamed of," and said "She told me to do some anatomically impossible acts and that's when I hung up,"

:wow:

So, I called my mother. I said, "Ma, what did you say to the UPS lady?"

"Oh, I insisted the give me the tracking number,"

"After that, Ma. What else did you say?"

"Well, I told her we were sure we had the right address..."

"No, Ma. AFTER the address conversation. What did you say before she hung up on you?"

"Oh. That. Well, I told her to go fuck herself straight up the ass with a UPS truck. Then I told her I hoped she had her kids have a shitty Xmas and that her husband gets his dick stuck down her chimney,"

You know, I've always said my mother swore like a sailor when we were growing up, but I thought that was just at home. As my father always says, "Your mother has the face of an angel, the heart of a saint, and the mouth of a two dollar whore,"

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Solly Mack Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:42 PM
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1. She sounds colorful
I think I'd adore her
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CatBoreal Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:43 PM
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2. OMG!!!
ROAR!!!!

Thank you for the best laugh I've had all day.
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Bouncy Ball Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:43 PM
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3. OMG that made me laugh so damn hard.
I heart your mom.
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yardwork Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:45 PM
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4. I already borrowed your mom's comments (see other thread)
Thanks!
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Modem Butterfly Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:58 PM
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9. Where's the other thread?
Edited on Thu Dec-09-04 06:03 PM by Modem Butterfly
:shrug:
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Padraig18 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:47 PM
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5. Sounds just like my Gran!
She doesn't carry a Browning 9mm. in her purse, too, by chance?

;)
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RubyDuby in GA Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:47 PM
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6. Your mother is my hero
I'm working on sounding like a drunken sailor who has just spent his last ten bucks on a disease infested crack whore.

I'm pretty damn good if you ask me, but it sounds like I've got some work to do to catch up to your saintly mother.

:)
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Bunny Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:48 PM
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7. OMG!! A woman after my own heart!
I love your mom! :D
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alphafemale Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:50 PM
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8. Give your Mom a hug from me
:hug:
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Dora Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 05:59 PM
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10. Damn that gives me hope!
I have a salty vocabulary myself and am about to have my first child. I've worried that I wouldn't be able to control my cursing, but after hearing your story, I know I don't have to. I can be as foul-mouthed as I please and still raise an intelligent socially awake human being.
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skygazer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 06:02 PM
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11. How funny!
I've been accused of turning my sweet hubby into a foulmouthed pig. I'm afraid I've got a pretty colorful vocabulary - years of working at racetracks and on construction sites - and when I met him, he didn't swear at all. Now he finds himself cussing like a sailor and I'm afraid it's all my influence! :shrug:
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candy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 06:03 PM
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12.  Wow! She reminds me of-------me!!!!! n/t
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REP Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 06:17 PM
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13. Can I Give Your Mom Some Numbers To Call?
There's some people I used to work with that could use a dose of Mama Butterfly...
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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Dec-09-04 06:23 PM
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14. She sounds like my mom-in-law.
Her vocabulary appalled me when I first met her, but now am grateful she's a woman who 'calls 'em like she sees 'em!'
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