To Wash or Dry Clean

[Father Bill]

My wife's dear, late and hilarious uncle drove a garbage truck and came home... a little mussed.

We were all sitting around a table in his basement when he came home. From our vantage we could only see him from the knees down as he came in the back door and yelled 'hello everyone'.

We watched him kick off his boots and socks. We watched his shirts land on the floor. We laughed as we watched his pants and briefs slide down his legs as he stepped out and walked naked to the shower, leaving his dirty duds on their way to the laundry for later.

The water came on and we heard him singing Wagner loudly and badly as he took his shower and we all laughed.

Then I noticed the water shut-off valve next to me, and everyone giggled as I cut off his supply... but Wagner's opera continued loudly without missing a beat.

His wife hollered upstairs: "What are you doing?" and his reply came loud and clear:

"Dry cleaning!"

[jsrnephdoc]

The water came on and we heard him singing Wagner loudly and badly as he took his shower and we all laughed.

Then I noticed the water shut-off valve next to me, and everyone giggled as I cut off his supply... but Wagner's opera continued loudly without missing a beat.

His wife hollered upstairs: "What are you doing?" and his reply came loud and clear:
"Dry cleaning!"

I was never a fan, but I think "Jeopardy" was the TV game show where contestants had to come up with the question that triggered an "answer" preferred by the host.

My favorite example:

Answer: 9 W

Question: "So, do you spell your name with a V, Herr Wagner?

Even MORE off topic, when I was in college, on my way to med school, I did a 1 month seminar on Wagner and Nietzsche. (55 years later, I still can't spell Nietzsche). There were almost as many professors as students (8). Weekend homework might be things like"Read Kant," or "Read Heidegger."

BUT we all got to attend the city's opera's ENTIRE full length performances of Wagner's Ring Cycle, that anchored that year at the opera.