Last night, Skip and I were playing cards before we turned in for the night. This song was on the playlist, and when it came on, I started laughing. One eyebrow raised, the man says, "Yes??"
I say, "One day, my Dad and I were strolling around a KOA campground in Nephi, Utah. This was about my late teens/early twenties. We pass a small cabin and he says to me, 'Andrea. Do you see that cabin right there?' And I reply, 'Yes.' He then says to me, 'That's the cabin where you were conceived.'"
It was perhaps the most traumatic moment of my life. No child should ever be forced to learn that they were not actually dropped off by the stork. However, in honor of my parents and as a way of saying, "Hey, thanks for good times at the KOA." i offer this little number.
I love Marvin Gaye, and am convinced he was put on earth simply to improve the love lives of the human race. God bless you, MG.
ps I kinda wish this is still the way people danced. It would make chaperoning so much easier.
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Back in the day those dance moves made Soul Train the naughty sister of American Bandstand.
I never want to know the story of my conception.
i think i wanna get it on right now. later.
I LOVE Marvin Gaye!!
NO CHILD SHOULD EVER THINK THEIR PARENTS EVEN DO IT. Especially in the shower.
That is pretty dang funny though. Ha. I may laugh about that one all day long.
NO child should ever snoop in the parent's bedroom and find a stash of "toys" either. Still in shock.
Wasn't that better than him just leading you to the master bed at your house and saying the same thing?? EWWWWW.
Listening to that song made me think of the King of Queens episode where Deacon and Kelly keep 'gettin it on' to Barry White in the hotel room next to Doug and Carrie-- so Doug and Carrie feel lame. They'll probably just concieve all their make-believe t.v. kids in the same old boring bed like i'm pretty sure I did.. so let's hear it for your parents mixin' it up!
This past winter I was working in Redlands, CA with an old guy named Mike. Much like me, Mike liked to ramble. literally COULD NOT SHUT UP. My very first day there, Mike pointed up at the mountains to our north, where Bjg Bear and Lake Elsinore are located, and told me, "that's where I was conceived, right up there in those mountains. One little squirt-- THHPPBBPPLLBP!"
For the next four months, Mike would repeat that story to me at some junction every single day. Same wording. Same gesture at the mountains. Same sound effect.
One day I will be old. I will work with a young guy somewhere. I will tell him a similar story every single day. And I will go home every night at laugh my ass off.
Yesterday while I was doing the dishes I was thinking about your Tunesday Tuesday and wondering when you were going to share some of your musical wisdom with us again.
I have to be honest I didn't see this song coming...but thanks for the throw up that is now in my mouth thinking about where I was concieved.
Oh, my...thanks for sharing, Dad.
You kill me...I love the chaperoning comment.
Hey, I read your comment on Stie's post...I think that in order to get the red X to go away you have to set your safety settings lower. The settings that keep out bad stuff can block out other pictures, too.
I feel like the KOA should dedicate that cabin as a historical site. People can take tours and pay homage to your conception.
So glad Tunesday is back!!!
classic at it's best.
Ha! What makes parents think we care to know this? I have NO desire to know my conception story. Chills, just thinking about it. Plus, I really don't see your mom as a camper. She camps? I'm sure a very organized camper.
Ilene kills me, too.
Whoa. TOO much information about my former bishop. But my current bishop's wife regularly hands out too much info on him, too.
MG is the master of gettin' couple's to GET IT ON!!! Love ya MG!
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