Is my Mom a hick?

[cherokeeprogressive]

My Mom and Dad are visiting from out of town. It's been a couple years since we've seen them, and yesterday was their 51st anniversary so we took them out to dinner at a very nice steakhouse.

After dinner, we were talking about dessert and my Mom said she's always wanted to try "some of the burnt sugar puddin' stuff". After wondering what she was trying to say, it hit me: Crème brûlée.

She's said some hysterically funny stuff over the years, but we laughed our asses off as did the people at tables surrounding ours as well as the server.

Is she a hick? A resounding YES!

[Iggo]

1. She's a genius!

That's what I'm calling it from here forward: Burnt Sugar Pudding.

[cherokeeprogressive]

2. LOL My Mom's been called lots of things...

I guess I'll have to add genius to the list now.

:rofl:

[Arugula Latte]

3. Well, that is a close translation.

crème brûlée = burnt cream

[cherokeeprogressive]

4. Yes but you need to hear it with an Oklahoma accent. n/t

[Arugula Latte]

15. I can imagine!

:D

[Gormy Cuss]

5. Well, "creme brulee" is French for burnt cream so she wasn't that far off.

:P

eta: argh. I see that Arugula Latte beat me to it.

[Curmudgeoness]

6. Celebrating their 51st anniversary...I say she has the right

to not be "hip" anymore. Hell, at least she knew that something like that exists. Give her a break.

[cherokeeprogressive]

7. Don't get me wrong... NO one loves their Momma like I do.

But you have to hear "some o' that burnt sugar puddin' stuff" in her Okie accent.

[Lucinda]

8. Did she have some? And did she like it?

:)

[cherokeeprogressive]

10. No. In the end she was too chicken. "What if I don't like it?"

She's not really that adventurous.

I know she'd be absolutely hooked if she tried it though. Maybe someday I'll just have it brought to the table.

[Rex]

9. Not really, I doubt the general population knows what Creme brulee is

or how to pronounce it. Verdict - no your mom is not a hick.

[Kaleva]

11. An aunt once said "It's pretty cool shitting here in the shade.".

[cherokeeprogressive]

14. LOL

[bluesbassman]

12. Don't rightly know if that makes her a hick or not, but she sounds like she's fun to be around!

My mom use to say the same kinds of things (West Texas hick :) ) especially if she was a bit tired.

Congrats to your folks for their 51st. :hi:

[cherokeeprogressive]

13. You get it.

I'll pass the congrats on to them. Seems like some people who replied feel like I was bashing Dear Old Mom. Believe you me you'll never meet a kinder, sweeter, more generous person in your life.

I wasn't bashing my Mom, I was celebrating her ability to make a whole room snarf at once.

From the Urban Dictionary:

snarf

when one is eating and is provoked by something funny which causes them to laugh and expel said food out of nasal passages; may also come out of mouth. also applies to liquids.

^5

[bluesbassman]

16. When I was a kid my mom had a '62 Rambler wagon with a three on the tree.

One summer the starter died and she couldn't get it fixed for a few weeks so whenever she needed to go somewhere she'd have me go round up my buddies to go with us so she'd alwways have a manual starting sytem. It was high theater seeing her hanging her head out the window shouting "mush little doggies, mush!" every time we took off. :)

[rrneck]

17. Only if

she can cuss out a state trooper without taking the cigarette out of her mouth.

(Yeah, it's a Foxworthy)

[Redstone]

18. Cherish her. There aren't many genuine hicks left, so we should

enjoy the ones we have (no sarcasm whatsoever intended).

Redstone

[auntAgonist]

19. yup, what Redstone said.

enjoy!

[Odin2005]

20. No.

:)

[trof]

21. I'm kinda curious...

You haven't seen your folks in a couple of years?
How is that?
No being judgmental, just wonder why it's been so long.

Happy 51st anniversary to them.

[Chan790]

22. I haven't seen mine since 12/09.

I live here in DC (not by choice, I was shanghaiied here from NYC and I'm stuck because of the economy, I can't get anybody back in NYC or CT to give me the time of day on giving me a job interview...I ain't picky, I'd go work at McDonald's if I could get home. I likewise can't quit my current job, I have a resume since age 22 littered with jobs I quit within the first 2 years in about 6 different fields so I need to make a go in this one; I've earned a rep for being "that employee" who skips from entry-level position to entry-level position changing fields but never promoting.), they won't travel, I can't afford to travel and they, despite being millionaires, won't put me on a plane to visit them because they're convinced I'd never leave. (That time I went to visit admittedly, I did try to pull that.)

I think there are a lot people whose life-circumstances have them up shit-creek without a paddle.

[lunatica]

23. If she were a hick she wouldn't even know about it in any language

That's my take after knowing some hicks in my life.

[kimi]

24. No, she's not IMO

She described it perfectly! And you write some very loving words about her, so she certainly is not a stereotype of anyone. All sons should be that appreciative of their moms.

Thanks for sharing! :)

[UTUSN]

25. Probably not, but every "hick" ... never mind. n/t

[MrsBrady]

26. I get it

family from texas/oklahoma here. :hi:

we're a mix of hicks and educated hicks ;)

[MilesColtrane]

27. If your mom doesn't remove the Marlboro from her lips before telling the...

state trooper to kiss her ass....she might be hick.