My grandmother is:

[Number47]

I wasn't sure if this would be considered off-topic or not, so moderator, please feel free to delete or lock.

I was reading the rules reminder and Eric mentioned the rule about the grandmother. I was reminded about my own grandmother and thankful that the rule applied to Eric's and not mine. My grandmother like to drink gin and tonic and play poker. When she lost a hand, she would through down her cards and yell a minor swear, although I never heard her use any really bad words. I think "Oh, hell" was her favorite.

So, is your favorite grandmother more like Eric's, or more like mine. In other words, what would be hearing in people's posts if the test was what offended your grandmother.

 

[Gez]

My remaining grandma don't use Internet.

 

[Skarp Hedin]

Despite that this is probably off-topic and will probably be closed, etc etc..

My grandmother, god rest her soul, swore like a pirate at times (all yer standard no-no words, nothing particularly creative), and always went to bed at least a little tipsy -- she was convinced she had to stay up until midnight to take her last pill, and always had some beer while staying up. Drank Budweiser and Muscatel.

Additionally, she taught me how to play poker. She didn't smoke, though, just booze, cussing and cards.

 

[Agback]

G'day

I had two grandmothers, but both of them are dead now so I can't agree to any of the options in the poll.

One used to put skirts on piano legs, and disapproved of anyone with an occupational-type surname (eg. Smith, Taylor). The other was a warm, generous, forgiving woman who judged people by their deeds, not their backgrounds: but her harshest terms of disapprovation were 'vulgar' (uttered only in private and with an apology) and 'dishonest'.

Regards,


Agback

 

[Kahuna Burger]

G'day

I had two grandmothers, but both of them are dead now so I can't agree to any of the options in the poll.

like you, I've already lost both grandmothers. One I never really knew. The other was a preacher's wife and the soul of quiet love. Even had I been of a cursing age when regularly around her, the thought would have never crossed my mind...

 

[Larry Fitz]

I can picture God being nervous that he might say something wrong and offend my grandmother in heaven, or worse, one of the saints might call out to him and she might consider that taking his name in vain.

So now we have an off-topic poll that I've introduced religion into! Well kind of I guess....

 

[kingpaul]

Like other's here, I've lost both my grandmothers. One was, from what I've been told (died just after my 4th birthday), a proper English woman. The other was in the Navy, swore quite often, drank like a fish and smoked like a chimney.

 

[med stud]

The first time one of my friends saw my 78 year old grandmother was when she was laying on the ground in a bathing suit (sunbathing) smoking a cigarill.

She also went the 5 km to and from our summerplace on a bike, every day of summer. She did that until she was 80 years old, when she died of her heart stopping on her way to bed after no days of sickness.

 

[Enceladus]

Both have left us for a better place....

Going to have to go with the write in option of; No longer on this plane of existence.

 

[Buttercup]

My grandmothers are both long since dead. One was similar to Agback's 'skirts on piano legs' granny. The other barely spoke English, always wore her hair in a bun and frequently shrieked in Italian, while gesticulating wildly. Was she swearing? Dunno, I don't speak Italian. I remember her chasing me and my cousin around the house with a rolled up newspaper like we were bad puppies. We finally hid under the dining room table laughing at her. In her thick Italian accent she was yelling "Frankie! Lisa! you come out here so I can hit you!"

You won't be surprised to hear that my two grandmothers didn't get along.