Easter 2008

(or the one where my dad watched Jerry Springer)

This Easter started like any other, with a miserable commute home. The usual 5 hour drive took 7 hours. The next morning I sat down and watched Jerry Springer with my mom and dad. In the episode two brothers were fighting over a larger woman, when suddenly they started to run after each other in a fit of rage. Then for some reason they took off their shirts and continued to wrestle. After a roaring cheer of "take of your pants" by the audience, they did just that. Apparently this type of behavior seemed appropriate to my dad for social situations, as later that night at a Mexican restaurant, he proceeded to take his shirt off and start yelling at certain members of our party. In an attempt to diffuse the situation my mother explained to the other patrons that it was okay, and he had just been watching Jerry Springer. On Easter Sunday he repeated the act in the privacy of our home (which in perspective didn't seem too bad).