Conversation with Mom
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For some of you that were wondering about culinary specialties in Morocco, let me assure you that Moroccans do not eat grubs, bugs, weevils nor other sorts of such delicacies. Only poor Peace Corps Volunteers do (see September 21, 2004 entry). In Ecuador they eat gerbils. In Malawi, jerked mouse is a treat. If you want to know the ‘what Westerners consider strange’ foods of Morocco, email me and I’ll send you some special pictures.
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So I talked to my dear mother this evening. She never ceases to make me laugh with her matter-of-fact humor. She’s an inspiration and a comedian all in one. I’m trying to get her to write her life story, which would definitely be a best-seller… Here’s a snippet of the conversation.
Joshua, inquisitively: So what pictures have you hung lately?
Mom, simply: Remember the picture of you that your friend Julie took? The one where you look consitpated?
J, rebutative: Um, yes, but I don’t think I look constipated.
M, assertively: Yes, you do. Well I hung it and I draped a yellow-ribbon over it for all to see.
J, unsurprised and amused: Mom, I’m not in the military and I’m not serving in a war-torn country.
M, assuringly: Well, I thought it was appropriate, considering the circumstances.
What circumstances? My mom is the best!