My Aunt Betty only lost her false teeth once. She found them when they bit her on the butt, but she didn't find them at home, oh no....
We also all have those stories that have matured over the years. The ones that start out as a mild anecdote but end up being, longer, louder and more extraordinary than anyone can be expected to believe, but we don't care, because it's all such good craic or fine talk and story.
Yeah, we had a good day fishing, but you should have seen the one that broke my line...
When my Uncle Pete was a young man, he liked to fight. He didn't care if his opponent was man or beast, he would just go at it....
These wild stories are fun to listen to, bond audiences together in a shared laugh, cut across cultural boundaries and are a blast to tell. You can roll out your best bit of blarney at the Outrageous Storyslam at Kennedy's Midtown, March 15 from 6:30-9:30. See you there!
I was on my way to Kennedy's for the slam and this enormous man got on the T. I'm not talking just tall or wide, but huge. In order to get through the doors he had to get down on his hands and knees and crawl, then lie down in the aisle since he wouldn't fit in any of the seats. He immediately exclaimed that the MBTA had best upgrade their cars or he would just use one for his coffin since it was such a tight fit and then he fell asleep and began to snore...
(c) 2010 Laura S. Packer
