Two more sleeps and I finally get to see what Canada’s Greatest Know It All is going to look like. Then it’s all ceaseless teasing and “You think you’re smart? Huh? Can you do this?” Strangely though friends and family have been quite supportive. Even my dad, who was not that keen on the idea, is letting his paternal pride show. This is an email that he sent to a long time friend Garry:
“Happy New Year. I believe it’s the Chinese Year of the Scrofulous Otter Shrew and The signs are all positive should you decide to let your toenails grow to Howard Hughes length.
Heads up on tv. Our daughter Carla is a contestant on “Canada’s Greatest Know-it-all’. the series begins on Monday Jan 14 on the Discovery Channel. Hope you can watch it. For once, you could mothball those fucking rabbit ears and move on up to cable. Is that too much to ask of a friend?
Okay, don’t answer.
Bobby”
Aw, I melted.
This is Garry’s reply:
Yo Robert; yes we know about Carla’s impending appearance on TV. There was an article in yesterday’s Journal about the show because one of the contestants is from Spruce Grove. Carla’s name was mentioned in the article, but both Dodie and I said that can’t be Bob and Patti’s daughter because the DNA just doesn’t work. The Davidson clan that we’re familiar with are genetically programmed to fuck up in a colossal fashion. Carla, thank the lord (or who ever runs the show up there), was able to overcome her breeding deficiencies. We will be watching if our rabbit ears can bring in the signal.
Garry
Aw, so sweet. No one tell Garry that in fact being a colossal fuck up makes for great television.
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