And It Leads To Something Funny
I bet it happens quite often. Much more than we realize. Here's my latest 'misheard' story.
The other day my brother and my mother were discussing movies. My mother had just bought the movie "Crash", and was asking my brother if he seen it. She said she liked it, which if you knew my mother, would be somewhat of a shock. My mother's movie taste is more like a guy's. She loves action on top of action. Her philosophy is: Less talk more action. If somebody hasn't fought, been shot at, been chased or killed in the first 15 minutes, something is very wrong with the film.
My brother told my mother he got a DVD , too. He told her he bought "Million Dollar Baby". My mother started in on that movie. How she wished somebody would've beaten up the woman boxer who was the villian in the movie. How she liked when Morgan Freeman beat up the young loudmouth fighter. And how she hated that the Clint Eastwood character euthanasized the Hillary Swank character at the end. My brother told her though he didn't like it he liked it. They asked my father about it.
My father is hard of hearing. He refuses to admit to it. He thinks it's admitting you're getting old if you get a hearing aid. He's a great guy and our relationship has never been better. He's the type of guy who's funny without trying to be. He's very impatient and sometimes we love using that against him. He's a big flirt with the ladies. He's an old school tough guy with a huge heart. He still says if I don't watch my mouth he'll kick my behind. His favorite line: Watch it, Boy, or I will whip that ass!
Okay, back to the story. So my brother and my mother ask my father if he liked the ending of "Million Dollar Baby". That and the conversation that followed went like this:
Brother: Dad, did you like the ending of Million Dollar Baby?
Father: What?
Brother: Did you like the ending of Million Dollar Baby?
Father: Oh! .. I never seen it.
Mother: Hon, you seen it.
Father: I never seen it!
Mother: Hon, we seen it at the new theaters.
Father: Oh yeah. Okay, yeah.
Brother: Did you like the ending when she died?
Father: I guess ... it was part of the movie.
Mother: Well, she didn't have to die.
Father: Well, Honey, she was old.
Brother: Old? She wasn't old.
Father: Yes she was. She was in her 80s.
Mother: What are you talking about?
Brother: Dad, we're talking about Hillary Swank?
Father: Natalie? I don't know the woman's name.
Brother: Hillary Swank! She played the woman Clint Eastwood killed at the end of the movie.
Father: I thought Morgan Freeman played in it.
Brother: He did. But it was Clint who killed her at the end.
Father: I don't remember seeing Clint Eastwood in it.
Mother: What?! You don't remember Clint Eastwood in the movie Million Dollar Baby?!
Father: Million Dollar Baby? Hell, I thought you said Driving Miss Daisy.
Everybody just laughed.
Today my father called, and told me one of my other brothers was flying in to visit.
I asked, "Who's going to go pick him up?
He told me my other brother was using his car to go get him.
I asked, "Did he leave his car for you?
"Nah, I don't need it", he said. "If I need to go somewhere important I'll call a cab."
So I told him, "Dad, you don't need to do that. If you need a ride call me and I'll send Morgan Freeman over"
Without missing a beat, he said, "Watch it, Boy or I will whip that ass"
So what's your latest 'misheard' story?