On July 4th, my mother took my grandparents (her parents) to a breakfast buffet. It wasn’t very crowded — there were probably 40 empty tables in the restaurant. The three of them were enjoying their meal until my mother’s attention was drawn to a woman at a neighboring table. She was noticeably agitated while her husband and young son were shoveling their faces full of food.
“Excuse me! Excuse me! EXCUSE ME!!” yelled the woman.
“Yes…?” questioned my mother.
“I’m trying to eat over here and he’s disgusting! He’s blowing his nose! IT’S DISGUSTING!” the woman said.
“What??” My mother was appalled.
“I’m trying to eat and he’s blowing his nose! DISGUSTING!!” She covered her mouth as if she was seconds from vomiting.
My mother responded with something completely inadequate along the lines of “Don’t worry about it, we’re leaving soon.” What makes the whole situation even more upsetting to me is that my grandparents are both hard-of-hearing (they’re in their late 80s/early 90s) and they didn’t even hear the woman.
“What did she say?” my grandmother asked. My mom repeated it to them.
“Oh…” said my grandfather, feeling embarrassed and a bit defeated. Picture a nice old man sitting at a table, quietly blowing his nose into a handkerchief. Is that scene really so horribly offensive?
When my mom told me the story, I was enraged. How dare that woman cross my grandfather? My mother should have cursed her out and then dumped the woman’s plate into her lap. If I were there, my response would have included at least three choice expletives. Then perhaps I would have spit into her face. People just don’t spit on each other enough these days.
Is public (and covered) nose blowing a disgusting offense? Or was that bitch just a bully? Tell me how you’d react!
In general, any item that has anything remotely to do with Justin Bieber is cause for alarm; however, while playing around on the internet I happened the most amazing clip of a grandma doing karaoke to a Bieber song. Not only is this grandma my hero, but she performs the song so much better than him I think she deserves a BET Award. Please enjoy the clip below followed by my comments
0:10 Grandma tells us she is being held hostage before belting out the most sonorous “oh ooooh oh” ever.
0:30 She starts to rotate her body to the music. BEST DANCE EVER!
0:40 OMG! Oscar worthy performance as she says “what are you saying?” Am I right? I’m totally right
0:48 She loses her spot and looks at her grandson hoping he will grant her mercy. He doesn’t and we are are the richer for it.
1:15 Waves her hands in the air. I think she just don’t care, folks.
1:30 Who is she singing for? Wait for it….she’s gonna point it out. That’s right! YOU!
1:48 Dooooowwwwn!
2:02 Who says Justin Bieber’s lyrics make no sense? OH OH? Baby Baby! OH Oh?
2:05 I love the way she uses her artistic license to sing the first “mine” and then speak the second “mine.” This is the sign of a true seasoned musical performer.
2:22 This is by far the best part of the clip so far. Ludacris! Yes! She is going to rap!
2:34 Slow down!
2:46 Slow Down, Ludacris!!! Notice how she thinks using his name this time will magically get the tempo changed
2:51 OH damn!!! Granny cursed!
3:04 Why is she laughing and looking at her grandson? What are we missing?
3:19 The Grandson says “Come on, you’ll be famous!” Wait…is he trying to get her to flash us? I don’t need to see that
3:29 OH MY FUCKING GOD! She took her dentures out and she’s just flapping along! This is amazing!
3:42 She’s getting light headed! I’m getting lightheaded.
So what did you think? Isn’t she the most amazingly entertaining thing ever???? I’m seriously! I love her so much! Any one who can just let loose and get funky with the Bieber under grandson duress is my hero.
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It’s a C&R Dance Party!
Forget the CD Exchange (if I don’t participate, it doesn’t exist) let’s have a music exchange right here at Cocky & Rude! Each time we have a C&R Dance Party, I’ll name a theme for the day and you’ll post your responses in the form of a YouTube video in the comments. And don’t forget to dance!
Today’s Theme Is: A Song That Makes You Wanna Dance!
Link us to a YouTube video in the comments and tell us why you picked it.
Feel free to answer more than once!
I don’t claim to be a HUGE Madonna fan, but I’ve been listening to her tunes since I was a little kid. I remember sitting in the back of my mom’s car during INCREDIBLY long car rides (approx. 45 minutes) to my grandparent’s house. She’d blare Madonna music, and I’d scream when she took her hands off of the steering wheel to dance along with Vogue. For me, it’s safety first, Madonna second. And now, 20-something years later, I can’t stop dancing to Vogue either. My mom had* good taste (but don’t tell her I said that).
*Yes, “had” — now she listens to Keith Urban and Carrie Underwood. Blechk!
(And by the way, if your video doesn’t post in the comments correctly, FEAR NOT!
I’ll fix it as soon as I get a chance)
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