Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Grandpa Uncensored!


Complete this sentence. 2009 will be remembered as the year that....
W A S.

What one event or change defined your year.
Losing my youngest brother.

Any run-ins with the law?
Passing police car on I-74 while racing a BIG CAR in my little aveo.

Could Daniel possibly get any funnier/more handsome?
Y E S. Where there is life, there’s H O P E !

Culture. What was your favorite movie/book/TV show/music artist?
Movie: “The Apple Dumpling Gang Rides Again,” with Tim Conway and Don Knox. Book: Chronological Bible I read through. TV show: Evening news, it’s so uplifting!!! Music artist: Eddie Arnold.

Did you pick up any new skills this year?
Yes, learning to pick both sides of my nose at the same time.

Why do some men have terrible gas all of the time? Seriously, I really need to know.
So they can have the couch all to themselves.

Name your best outing of the year (Sarah's wedding and Thanksgiving at Grandma and Grandpa's don't count).
Going to Wal Mart with Grandma and riding the motorized chair around the store while she shops. It makes Grandma feel so proud of me!

What was your most embarrassing moment?
I ain’t gonna embarrass myself again!

Did you make any new year's resolutions?
Yes, to make it a year that IS instead of that WAS.

Did you know that Phyllis talks to her plants? Apparently they never talk back to her. What do you think about that?
I think she thinks it makes her feel a little more like she does now than she did awhile ago.

Are there any plans for 2010 that you're really looking forward to?
Thompson Family Reunion in Pocahontas, Arkansas on Labor Day Weekend. Then Thanksgiving Reunion on Thanksgiving Day,

Did you hear about Thompson-a-thon? It's a four-day event at Stephen and Karen's this summer. There'll be bulldog races (complete with a bookie), a Johson-boys Wrestlemania (you can bet on this too), and full sets on Stage A by artists such as Cole, Claire and Sepporah. Also, Stephen has agreed to paint everybody's portrait, in life-size, for free, using pointilism. It's going to be a hoot and a half.
Sounds great. I hope John Douglas Washam can come and help Stephen do some of the acts they did in their very young days.

3 comments:

Daniel said...

It has been confirmed where I got my amazing sense of humor!

These are the best answers yet!

Stephen said...

Funny! Dad still has IT. But Eddie Arnold? I had no idea...

And indeed the is the patriarch of the Thompson strain of humor.

phyllis said...

Dad is the funniest guy in the Thompson clan. As a kid I always remember him having a joke to tell and cracking himself up.