So, my grandpa is a racist kook

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Called him to tell him and the little lady happy anniversary. Discussed baby details.

He asked what our name choices were and I said we didn't really have any, but our front-runner is Olivia. 





Old Man: Olivia?! That's a Mexican lady name. Our cleaning lady in Venezuela was named Olivia. She was good at ironing. Real good. 

Me: Wouldn't that make it a Venezuelan name?

Old Man: Hell, I don't know. Name her after the Brazilians or the Puerto Ricans. Aren't those the ones with the good cocaine?

Me: I'll see what I can do. 

Old Man: Your grandmother seems to think I should get off the phone now.  But listen, Olivia really was fucking good at ironing. The best in the business. 

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I'm sorry that convo made me LOL. Is he showing signs of dementia?

[berbles]

LOL @ Grandma trying to get him off the phone.

[alzi]

OMG lol. Old people are so inappropriate.

[anastasiabeaverhause]

I know what your grandpa is saying is bad and racist, but I am sorry, I laughed so hard. Especially at she was fucking good at ironing. Maybe I am going to hell, but I just laughed hard.

[poppyseed]

Um, omg. LOL.

Also, I love Olivia. It was one of our top contenders. I don't care how popular it is, it's a beautiful name.

[walterismydog]

"the best in the business" is killing me! lololllll

Olivia is one of my favorite names

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I can't even be mad at that racism because that's funny. Old people racism is something you just have to over look. My Memaw is the same way. I just roll my eyes when she says anything not socially acceptable.

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Feb 26, 2013 16:03:18 GMT -5 @cinnamonstick said:

I'm sorry that convo made me LOL. Is he showing signs of dementia?

He has Alzheimer's. 

He's really been letting the crazy fly around lately. 

I'm pretty sure he's never done cocaine or had a maid named Olivia. 

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That totally sounds like something my grandpa (well, both of my grandpas, now that I think about it) would say.

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Feb 26, 2013 16:05:21 GMT -5 @bettyhomewrecker33 said:

Feb 26, 2013 16:03:18 GMT -5 @cinnamonstick said:

I'm sorry that convo made me LOL. Is he showing signs of dementia?

He has Alzheimer's. 

He's really been letting the crazy fly around lately. 

I'm pretty sure he's never done cocaine or had a maid named Olivia. 

Hmmm, I wondered.  That has been my experience too.  Sometimes you have to just laugh at the bizarre inappropriate stuff that comes out of their mouths.  

[Chib]

I'm pretty sure I just double my chances of going to hell because I'm Puerto Rican and I even thought that conversation is hilarious.

[cheeseandcrackers]

LOL

[winelady]

Feb 26, 2013 16:04:55 GMT -5 anastasiabeaverhause said:

I know what your grandpa is saying is bad and racist, but I am sorry, I laughed so hard. Especially at she was fucking good at ironing. Maybe I am going to hell, but I just laughed hard.

me too! the kids are looking at me funny!

[jayded]

Although I know it'sinappropriate, this made me LOL. Gotta love grandparents and their lack of filtering.

[mudslide]

Olivia is a beautiful name.

[AHappierHour]

I love Olivia, great name.

That convo with ur grandpa ws hilarious LOL!!!

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Sigh.

He also has expressed disappointment that H isn't Jewish. Since I'm not Catholic (and therefore not going to heaven anyway by my grandfather's standards) the least I could do was "marry one of those Jews! For such tiny people, they do so much for society! The docs! The lawyers! The finance! The movies! What have the Lutherans done?"

[mamasaurus]

Everyone knows that when you name your child, you MUST take into account whether the name's origin is associated with good or bad cocaine.

[underwaterrhymes]

LOL. Your grandfather sounds like a hoot.

A bigoted hoot.

But a hoot.

[eb777888]

Feb 26, 2013 16:36:18 GMT -5 @bettyhomewrecker33 said:

Sigh.

He also has expressed disappointment that H isn't Jewish. Since I'm not Catholic (and therefore not going to heaven anyway by my grandfather's standards) the least I could do was "marry one of those Jews! For such tiny people, they do so much for society! The docs! The lawyers! The finance! The movies! What have the Lutherans done?"

LOL!!!