Genius

Just heard a great story from a fellow I work with. He's the one with the "Size Matters" Mario shirt in my photo blog.

Anyhow, he is from Idaho and has some of the best in-law stories I have ever heard. Everything from his wife's 21-year-old brother saying it's ok for him to cop a feel on her because they love each other in their family, to her other brother who skins anything that dies (including neighborhood cats) and wears a rat skull around his neck, to her 15-year-old sister that weighs 300 pounds and wets the bed. The first time he met her parents, her mom was wearing a see-through night gown and shook hands with him with her "good hand" which happens to be missing 2 fingers.

Yes- It's all true.

We keep telling him he needs to take a camera next time he goes and make a pilot for the next MTV reality family show. Crazy thing is, his wife is normal. I've met her. Normal girl. He's pretty sure she was adopted.

So anyway here is the story. He was there at Christmas time and they were doing their gift exchange. The sister gives one of the brothers a box and starts laughing. "I got you a genius shirt. Because THAT's what you are." Everyone laughs because the dude is pretty stupid apparently.

So, he opens the box to see this shirt. Yeah. Guiness. The beer. Now here is where it gets good. NO ONE KNEW!!! Even the parents. They all started laughing. "Genius! Hahahaha! Just like it says! You're a genius alright! hahaha!"

It's stories like that that make me glad I don't wear t-shirts.