Tai Chi wrote:My brother and I share an odd sense of humour. The best recollection I have of realizing we were a bit off kilter was when we went to see Life of Brian at the theatre when it first came out. There couldn't have been more than 10 other people in the theatre with us and NOBODY ELSE was laughing. It got so embarrassing that we tried to contain ourselves but that just made it worse. He was wheezing and I started to choke. Good times.
We share a love of Wallace & Gromit (The Wrong Trousers is a classic -- warning! Pee before the electric train scene!) and old Alan Sherman records.
He knows everything about everything even though he's younger. He makes compilation disks of music he thinks I would like that maybe I haven't heard and he's always right. He is my sons' favourite uncle as he knows all about their generation's music and computer games. He is creative and gives the most inspired Christmas presents. He is smarter than I am. He is a better cook than I am. He is wittier than I am. He got the big blue eyes and long dark lashes. Gee, sounds like I should resent him, but I don't -- 'cause he's just so unique. (In a few years he'll be "eccentric".) And you all know him
do we have a brother i don't know about
, the christmas presents have been a little pedestrian of late, and the cooking is about equal, i'd say
tai is much better read than i am, at least in a literary sense, i tend to read more things, periodicals and informational stuff, books of lists and strange histories
as for wit, i'd say were pretty evenly matched
i still smile at the note she left me to tell me where she and my b-in-law had gone one saturday long ago
i was staying with them when i was first in toronto and had worked part of a day and when i came home there was a picture on the table of a regal figure, a line, a shrimp and a pork cutlet
of course they had gone to the queen street (straight) pawn (prawn) shops (chops)
i headed down town with no real idea where they might be but we eventually met up (probably in or near a used bookstore), and had a late lunch at a little hungarian place if memory serves
