Today is a holiday in Ontario. It's "Family Day." Usually I blog about that as a concept, but after spending yesterday with my mom and a couple of my siblings, I'm just going to post this conversation that happened during Downton Abbey (it was LAST week's episode, which I'd missed):
Mom: I've never seen this show before.
Me: It's a soap opera.
Mom: Who is that?
Me: Anna. She's a maid.
Mom: Oooh... what happened?
Me: She was raped.
Mom: By him?
Me: No. That's the Earl. He owns the house.
Mom: Is that girl a maid too?
Me: (laughing) No, that's Lady Mary. She's one of the Earl's daughters. She sort of runs the house. Kind of.
Mom: Is that the Head Servant?
Me: The butler, yes.
Mom: Is that the girl who was attacked?
Me: No, that's Lady Edith. Her fiancee is missing.
Mom: I wonder how they get their hair like that. Do you think they... (Sorry, guys, my mom talked about hair over an entire scene and I don't remember a word she said, until:) ...and then they'd put pins in it, like bobby pins, to keep the curls in place.
Me: Okay.
Mom: Oh... HER!
Me: Maggie Smith.
Mom: She's in this?
Me: Yes.
Mom: Is that the girl who was attacked?
Me: No, that's Lady Edith again.
Mom: Do they always talk about pigs this much?
Me: Yes, Downton Abbey is 50% pigs.
(my sister walks into the room)
Sister: This episode was on last week.
Me: I know. I missed it.
Mom: I've never seen this show before.
Sister: What? We watched it together last week.
Mom: Hmmm... I thought I'd never seen it before.
Sister: We watched this EXACT episode last week!
Mom: I must have fallen asleep.
Sister: No, you didn't. You asked me questions through the entire thing.
Mom: Do you know how they get their hair like that?
Sister: THAT'S WHAT YOU ASKED ME LAST WEEK!
(aaaaand scene)
Happy Family Day.
Giselle
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