John's Funny

       John's Funny

It is the strangest quirk and in all these years I have not discovered its source, its reasons, its need, or its origins.  It happens before the hour, every evening, every day.   John, most times, doesn't even realize he's doing it.

He doesn't plan it, but he gets up and he's activated.  What's strange about that? 

It's always, let me emphasis, ALWAYS 10 minutes before the hour.  Not 5, not 15, but 10 minutes, always.

It's a frustrating quirk.  Why?  Because we'll watch a 2 hour movie and before it ends, he gets up and is gone.  

"JOHN!  It's not over, there's 10 minutes to go!"

One time when I was exasperated, to make light of it, John said,  "Magic that way, I am, I have a gift.”

One wintery evening, cold and snowy, I was in the kitchen and John was in the family room, I suggested he search Netflix for a good movie to watch, something lighthearted and funny.  He didn't respond, but from the next room I did hear him mutter.

"Click on category comedies, if only I knew how to do that."

I'm watching jeopardy.  John's in the den."

FINAL JEOPARDY:  In 2022 she became the first woman to have a Billboard Top 10 album in 5 decades starting with the 1980s

ANSWER:  Who is Madonna? 

Listening from the other room, John offhandedly comments, "I don't like Madonna."

I asked anyway, "Can you bring up her song Finally Enough Love?  I'd like to know what her top-hit song sounds like."

John loves music.  John has a play list.  John loves his cellphone and his access to any song.

Remember, he's in the other room, talking to himself.  He sing-singed with a girlie voice, and a high pitch on the last word,  

"You'll be sorr-ree."

We were all seated at a long table in the middle of Perkins restaurant.  One son, Clint, was on John's right, I was on his left.  3 sons and wives were across from us.  

Grandkids were in a booth behind me and 3 y.o. Jacob was acting up.  I reached around behind John to tap Clint on his shoulder, "Look at your son."  

Immediately, John, not Clint, scanned his 3 sons across from us, looked at Clint on his right and piped up.

"What's the problem, they're all eating."

One more funny before I go.

 This story John loves to tell chuckling.

A fellow bus driver was talking to his wife who was standing at steps of the big yellow bus.  When they were done, and she'd walked away, John went up to him.

"Kurt, if you want to keep the lady from walking off, you'll need something more sporty!"

And that's my John!