Mother's Day

[paraka]

So, today is Mother's Day. I got my mom a chocolare fondue fountain. I'm very proud of this gift, because I *know* my mom loves it. She'll also get a lot of use out of it. I'm also proud because I suck ass at getting presents. Seriously, I get the most impersonal presents in the history of ever. I'll be that stupid friend giving you a gift certificate, or a DVD or yet *another* candle. But this time I got a kick ass gift, and I thought of it all on my own :D

Also, last night we went out to dinner and had one of the weirdest conversations I've ever had with my parents. I'm not sure how many people have seen this, but it's a comedy routine by a Canadian group based on the song "Blinded by the Light" in which they're all trying to figure out the right words. I've seen it a lot, and love it (that's how I discovered the song :P) but it means that I can never remember the *real* words. Apparently my little sister can't either, because in the restaurant she started singing "Blinded by the light, held up like a douche..." We all laughed, and said "I'm pretty sure it's not 'Held up like a *douche'" This lead to the discovery that she didn't know what a douche *was*. My mom tried to stumble through an explanation, before I finally leaned over and said "You clean your vagina with it." Which was going fine until my mom made a joke about a "scum bag" in which Andrea got confused again, and said I was wrong. Which then segued into a conversation about the difference between a douche and an enema, all in the middle of the restaurant. With my parents. It was all very weird.

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[kukalaka.livejournal.com]

because I suck ass at getting presents.
Me too.

Chocolate fondue fountain sounds great. I wished someone would buy me one too. :D
I totally forgot that it was Mother's Day, but since my mother hate the day and already got a present on Women's Day, it wasn't a problem.

[paraka]

Oops I forgot to respond to this :S Sorry.

The fondue was pretty cool. And my mom loves it, she's a choco-holic.

Why does your mom hate Mother's Day?

[kukalaka.livejournal.com]

I'm a choco-holic too. But I presume the fountain is hard to clean?

I grew up in the GDR as did my mother. We didn't have Mother's Day then, but only Women's Day. She was used to that so we kept it that way.

[paraka]

But I presume the fountain is hard to clean?
Nope, you can just stick it in the dishwasher. Super easy.

Ahh, so it's not that she has anything against mothers day, it's just not what she's used to. Gotcha.

[kukalaka.livejournal.com]

Nope, you can just stick it in the dishwasher. Super easy.
I'm one of the unlucky people who don't have a dishwasher. :-\

[paraka]

Oh, poor you! A dishwasher is great if only so that you have a nice place to put all the dishes between washing. I mean if you just have a glass of water or something, it's nice not to have to leave it in the sink.

As for the fondue set, the only part that would be annoying to clean by hand is the twirly thing in the middle, everything else would be relitively easy....