There’s something about Larri…
So I’ve decided to dedicate part of my life to writing solely about a man who I love and adore very dearly, and who provides me with literally constant entertainment: my father-in-law Larry.
Now Larry is a retired school teacher. He worked very hard for 30 years teaching English to high school students, and he’s a really smart guy. I can’t even imagine doing his job, and I certainly can’t imagine doing it for THIRTY years, so I have the utmost respect for this guy. (So I won’t even be remotely offended if he decides to read this and critique my grammar and/or punctuation.) Since retiring, Larry has expanded his horizons, which has provided me (and well, the entire family) with a vast warehouse of entertaining and comedic nuggets. Here, I offer just one of those nuggets.
Larry, being the hip cat that he is (and I’m not even kidding…he’s not someone you’d look at and think “retiree”), has one of the latest cell phones (complete with Rolling Stones ringtone, mind you). Soon after learning how to send text messages, he realized the beauty of abbreviations in his own unique way, resulting in the following exchange on a road trip with his wife Linda and two of their friends.
Larry [aloud]: “Hey I can even abbreviate my name.”
Larry sends the following text to Linda: “Larri”
Linda, texting back to Larry: “Idiot.”
There is a bottomless source of material here. I’m telling you. I just can’t write it fast enough.
Is this where you’ll be writing chapters for the book and/or episodes for the t.v. comedy??
Why yes, actually. All readers should note that this is copyrighted.
I would like to reserve my spot as a creative consultant and editor for all print publications, as well as writer and/or producer/director of the stage and screen productions that are certain to follow said book. There is just too much material here - this blog could conceivably continue ad infinitum.