Mother-in-law keeps screwing up cat genders

mel c · **Posted:** Tue Nov 29, 2011 3:28 pm

b.vicious wrote:

Tofu wrote:

Sturdle!

Sarah-Jane · **Posted:** Tue Nov 29, 2011 6:28 pm

This thread is full of win right now, keep it going.

Tofu · **Joined:** Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:48 pm **Posts:** 87

ExpiredSanity wrote:

Tofu wrote:

ice burg

You have invented a new word! I can only assume an Ice Burg is what you call frozen boogers. I normally call then snoticles, but that may be an ignorant Canadian thing.

Speaking of frozen things... in the winter when one of our cats leaves a mouse on the doorstep, we call it a mice-icle. Sad, but true.

An ice burg, btw, is a burger with really bad freezer burn. This was not a typo. It was a word I learned from my MIL.

janejellyroll · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2011 3:16 am

Reading this thread all in one go (as I just did) is magical.

paprikapapaya · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:01 am

Your mother-in-law sounds magical, I'd like to meet her.

monkeytoes · **Posted:** Fri Dec 02, 2011 10:54 am

paprikapapaya wrote:

Your mother-in-law sounds magical, I'd like to meet her.

You would say that, you... Canadian...

Tofu · **Joined:** Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:48 pm **Posts:** 87

Boycott Magic! Magic is MURDER, Eh!!!

ameyfm · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:21 am

we had a PPK Thanksgiving today, and of course this wonderful thread became a topic of conversation.

The thing is, over actual Thanksgiving, my mother-in-law was here, and she actually was messing up the gender of our cat and kept calling him a "her" and it was really starting to bug me. Plus, she was calling our dog Dottie "Dolly", which is obviously gross. Even though I do love Dolly Parton very much, I did NOT name my dog Dolly!

ameyfm · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 1:23 am

Tofu wrote:

Thank you for continuing this discussion. It's helping me with some of my MIL issues. Unfortunately, it gets worse. She has HORRIBLE grammar, references common sayings incorrectly, and she invents words (not in a good way). During her most recent stay, she called me a "night hawk" for being awake at night, drink "pomegrenade" juice, and created the word "sturdle" presumably meaning "sterile" as in "at least the hospital was sturdle". I'm confident this word has additional meanings such as a sturdy girdle, a stirred strudel, a striped turtle, or the tiny version of a turd in the shape of the letter S.

ha! MIL twinsies!!

My MIL cannot remember the word for tofu, so sometimes its tufa, or futon. I kid you not.

celyn · **Joined:** Tue Oct 19, 2010 8:40 pm **Posts:** 2060

I would like a serving of fried popcorn futon, please. My cat will have a tufa salad sandwich.

b.vicious · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 12:36 pm

I would like to be a Futon Pup.

kimba · **Joined:** Wed Jan 05, 2011 7:44 pm **Posts:** 1920

My mom has called my boy puppy "she" a few times in the last couple days and it has been unreasonably funny to me, all because of this thread. Go Mom! Go Thread!

Tofu · **Joined:** Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:48 pm **Posts:** 87

ameyfm wrote:

The thing is, over actual Thanksgiving, my mother-in-law was here, and she actually was messing up the gender of our cat and kept calling him a "her" and it was really starting to bug me.

It's really nice to know that others out there are equally irritated by this sort of thing. I'm not alone! Thank you internet for providing me with group help.

We are currently creating a master list of fumbled words. I'll update eventually with this list.

I don't suppose I should rag on my father-in-law on this thread? He's Italian. Maybe it's best to keep these things organized?

vijita · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 9:41 pm

Bring on the Italian stereotypes. I've already learned so much about blond Canadians!

Tofu · **Joined:** Wed Jan 26, 2011 10:48 pm **Posts:** 87

He asks everyone my wife knows if they're vegetarian. He then asks them if they smoke pot. He asks me these questions several times whenever I see him. He also says cigarettes are vegan because they're all natural.

He can't spell my wife's name or remember her birthday. It might be dysgraphia though.

I'm honestly not sure if he's joking when he asks why his new granddaughter hasn't called him yet. We calmly respond "she hasn't learned how to hold a phone yet."

ijustdiedinside · **Joined:** Sun Sep 05, 2010 8:43 pm **Posts:** 8538

in Italy babies can use phones when they are 4 months!

vijita · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:37 pm

Italians can't spell and he's just trying to steal your pot.

P-J · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 10:56 pm

Fizzgig wrote:

P-J wrote:

May I recommend pushing me?

push it real good.

now push it, push it real good.

sameness · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:16 pm

ijustdiedinside wrote:

in Italy babies can use phones when they are 4 months!

And grow a moustache in time for their terrible twos.

Jedxcore · **Posted:** Mon Dec 05, 2011 11:23 pm