Michael "Dog3" wrote:
> "Dimitri" >
> : in rec.food.cooking
>
>> First happy Mothers Day to all the real moms out there.
>
> First, I really screwed up. I thought Mother's Day was the 17th.
> Don't know why, but I did. When I found out yesterday was Mother's
> Day, I knew it was entirely too late to send anything. I made the
> obligatory call. Mother was into her 3rd mimosa and let me off the
> hook easily. I know I'll pay for it down the road at some point.
> It'll be in general conversation, with lots of relatives around, and
> we'll be talking about something... Mother will interject "Oh, isn't
> that the year you forgot about Mother's Day"? Yes, anything you say
> or do *will* be used against you at some point

And if you are lucky, she will be around for to say that for many more
years