My father was born to believe everything anyone ever told him. Providing they were either Rush Limbaugh or Jack VanImpe. So, I had to get a big kick out of Margaret and Helen‘s latest Blog on good ole’ Rush Limbaugh.
My father also thought the sky was falling. Actually, he invented that saying, it was not chicken little at all. My father heard that someone had been broken into. Our house was immediately locked tight with a sign on the front door that said, “Security by XYZ.” Of course, the sign was fake.
He also had a sticker on the back of his car. It said he was a “proud supporter of the Baxter County Sheriff’s Department.” He always told us that sticker kept him from getting tickets. That was before he was ticketed for speeding. To be totally fair, he was not in Baxter County at the time.
Dad would ask me if I would do him a favor. He knew I would never say no to that, so that’s how he would con me into watching either VanImpe or Limbaugh.
All of which, just goes to show, I really was stolen from the Gypsies when I was little. Because, I am as pleased as can be to have Obama for my President and my poor dad is probably turning over in his grave right now.
I was going to put an XYZ security sticker in my place, but I was told it was illegal to do that if you don’t actually have a system from that security company. There was a whole big long explanation about why, but I don’t remember. I just believed everything they told me.
I think he bought a phony sticker from the same guy that sold him the $1.00 tools that lasted, exactly one use. My dad was penny wise.