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Originally Posted by Abby10

Based on a post in another thread, it sounds like you had a pretty fun family. Would like to hear more about them.

Here's a NOTHING story about my family -

My father was pretty strict about certain things. At dinnertime for example, he did not like any kind of commotion, not even conversation other than pass the butter or something pertaining to the meal. Telling jokes or loud talking was not acceptable. And busting out laughing because one of my brothers would chew the dreaded peas and then stick his tongue out at us across the table was a total no-no. We pretty much learned to keep things low key at the dinner table as to not upset dad. Manners were important to him and no bad language, ever.

So one day, I'm almost ashamed to say when we were all grown up, the whole family went out to a nice restaurant to celebrate something, I think it was Mother's Day. As we were waiting for our meals to come, one of my brothers said to the other, "Pass me the rolls". I saw the mischievous look in my younger brother's eyes, but before I could stop him he grabbed a roll and threw it through the air down the long end of the table to my older brother who of course masterfully caught it. My mother, sister, and I sat in horror as we all waited for my dad's response. Much to our surprise, after what felt like 10 minutes of dead silence although it was probably only seconds, my dad burst out laughing. That event marked the beginning of a whole new era in our family and probably to my father's great regret NOTHING was ever the same after that.

God Bless your brothers for taking the chance, and your father for figuring it out. Nothing being the same was probably his greatest pleasure.