January 9, 2007

The question is:

?Why do you have a dinosaur smoking a cigar on your leg?"

Exactly.

I know it's pathetic to be disappointed that somebody else's family didn't get together on Christmas (a family I don't even know) - but I admit it.

It's sad, really. The Hughes family gatherings are mythic in my own mind.

But there are compensations, such as this line:

One time, at a party, there was this Slip ?n? Slide, and Sleepy Dave rode that thing like a man while giving our friend Hunter a piggy-back ride.

Tattoo Man post here. (Oh - and if, perchance, you are not familiar with the Hughes Family Gatherings, then you MUST read them. Funniest writing on the internet. Follow Patrick's links.)


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hi sheila. i just wanted to say thanks. it's a little mind-boggling, that someone as smart and witty as you would bother with my internet crap in the first place, but i'm grateful.

Posted by: patrick at January 10, 2007 7:15 AM

"Also, if you’re a dude, no matter how immature and ridiculous you are, there’s a guy out there on the Internet somewhere who just lapped you."

You know...that explains A LOT about modern society to me.

It also probably explains why I haven't dated much in the past few years...

Posted by: ricki at January 10, 2007 8:39 AM

patrick -

There are moments where I'm just randomly walking down the street, or riding the bus, or doing some banal activity - and I suddenly get the picture of your father - crammed into the Batman costume ... and it just makes my day.

Posted by: red at January 10, 2007 8:46 AM

Even though I'm not a huge fan of tats, I AM a huge fan of Pat's, and I still think y'all should get married.

Even with his ball issues.

Posted by: Lisa at January 10, 2007 9:13 AM

lisa - i'm dying of laughter. the fact that we know about his "ball issues" ...

hahahaha

I love Patrick's tats. And I love his defense of his tats. "EVERYTHING'S gonna be wrinkly and saggy when I'm 70!"

Posted by: red at January 10, 2007 9:15 AM

seriously, what was that guy's hang-up? "you'll regret that when you're 65!" man, if i make it to 65 i should have a vast array of more heinous stuff to regret on before i make it down the list to "big-ass, whimsical godzilla tattoo."

Posted by: patrick at January 10, 2007 9:56 AM

No shit, right?

I've done plenty of stuff I might regret when I'm old. It's called "having fun while you are young".

Posted by: red at January 10, 2007 10:27 AM

I was so disappointed that there were no photos of this year's get-together, b/c they are truly the funniest ever when paired with the side-splitting commentary. My whole family gets drunk at Christmas too, but they're not half as entertaining.

Posted by: Jen at January 10, 2007 10:07 PM