As many of you know, I am mommy to an extremely large, EXTREMELY LOUD Blue and Gold Macaw. Large birds will immitate almost any sound they hear, and the previous owners of this particular bird must have screamed at each other a lot, because it's one of her favorite sounds. They also said "HUH?" and "WHAT?" very emphatically, loudly and often as well. Sadly, she seems to enjoy these sounds and words immensely, as they comprise her daily vocabulary of vocalizations.
So bearing that in mind, and with the knowledge that my 89 year old mother-in-law lives with us, imagine this ...
About half an hour ago the Laconia Police Department dispatches an officer to my house. I answer the door and the kind officer says "I'm looking for Mrs. so-and-so." I say, "She's here, come on inside".
He proceeds to tell me that they received a call from an insurance company (whom my mother-in-law had been speaking to on the phone a short while earlier). The caller indicated that as they were finishing their conversation Mrs. so-and-so screamed and then the line went dead!
Imagine this poor officer's face when I cracked up laughing at this statement.
I then introduced him to the cause of the screaming sound, and needless to say he was amused. I can't imagine what in the world the poor guy will write on the report for this call!
Meanwhile, my mother-in-law is in her bedroom still trying to resolve the original issue with the insurance company. When she finally finished, and I told her what happened she laughed so hard I though I was going to have to call the ambulance!
What next?