Funny things that happened in your family

37chief · Jul 19, 2013

One thing I remember hearing was, one time my uncle was working on a gas line fitting going to the carburator on his car. He was using a pliers to remove the brass tubing fitting. He had the fitting all rounded, and was getting upset because it wouldn't come loose. About that time a turkey roosting in the rafters took a dump and it landed on him. As the story goes, he chased that turkey around for a while. Never heard if he caught it. Stan

David G · Jul 19, 2013

My uncle would get soaked with oil whenever he came near a piece of equipment, if a hose where to break, it would break when he was there.

He is 95 and still laughs about it.

He also has been struck by lightning 4 times.

omahagreg · Jul 19, 2013

Oldest daughter has been had a bird crap on her head at least 4 times-me never! LOL

DeltaRed · Jul 19, 2013

My father parked his pickup in the barn.A pigeon decided to roost on a rafter directly over the drivers side windshield.After SEVERAL days of getting pooped on,he finally had enough.He pulls the 30-30 out from behind the seat...BOOM!!....The pigeon was gone.There was also a 6"+ hole in the roof!

SweetFeet · Jul 19, 2013

When about 7 and my nephew was 3 - we went out to play in the rain against my Dad's advice. Suddenly it started to hail - healthy sized and coming down really heavy. We were way out by the pasture.

We kids tried to run for the house, but it hurt too much. We just screamed. Mom heard us and sent Dad out. He told us RUN to him. We would not, it hurt too much - so we just huddled down and cried some more.

Dad relented and ran out to the pasture to grab us. Running back with two kids in his arms, he slipped in the mud. Skied first on one foot, then the other - managed to hang on to both of us and not fall and squish us!

Got to the safety of our roofed patio and he told us - "You'd best remember this for a LONG time, because if you ever do it again - you're getting a spanking and it's gonna hurt like HAIL!

LOL. Never liked thunderstorms after that.

Martin Reece · Jul 19, 2013

One time when we were first married, my wife helped me take some renovation materials to the city dump. When we got there she wanted to stay in the truck so as not to get dirty, the passenger window was down about halfway and doesn't a seagull flying by does his business and it comes through the window all over my wife and her purse.
I tried not to laugh!
Martin

SKYBOW · Jul 19, 2013

Not so funny but bird related. Picked the wife up in Downtown Des Moines at her work on Fri night. We left her car in the employee lot all weekend as we were building a house about 25 southwest of town. Going to spend the weekend there working. I drove the truck into the empty parking lot on Sunday evening so she could drive her car home. There were 1000's of crows on the ground in the lot. They just kinda parted like the red sea as I drove across the lot to my wife's car-It was dead still and quiet just like a scene out of the movie "The Birds." My wife said look at all the crows. Thank God I parked in the corner away from them...I won't have to walk through the crap to get to the car. Her car was in the corner under the few trees that grew around the lot. When we got to her car it was totally covered in about 2 inches of crap. You would not be able to tell what color of car it was there was so much crow crap. I had an ice scraper....That was the worst 15 minutes of scraping I ever did. We went straight to the car wash but her car smelled funny for several weeks..Those crows loved those trees

Ivan in Mich · Jul 19, 2013

My grandpa was coming in from feeding his chickens one night after dark. He had several cats and one kept rubbing against his legs. He pushed it away several times and then took his foot and booted it. He always wore bibs and he dropped them right there and ran into the house to the bathroom. Turns out the cat wasn't the right kind of cat it had a stripe on its back. He used to tell that and sit back and laugh about it.

Goose · Jul 19, 2013

My dad saw a big bull snake in the chicken house, so he grabbed his 12 gauge, snuck in the chicken house, and fired at the snake's head. He shot in front of the snake, blew a hole in the wall, and the snake crawled out of the hole.

Speaking of my dad, he told a story of when he was about 4 years old and went to a funeral for the first time. During the course of the service, he heard the pastor say, "In the name of the Father, of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost".

A couple of weeks later, a cat of his died and he was burying it. His uncle heard him say, "In the name of the Father, of the Son, and in the hole she goes".

Perplexed · Jul 19, 2013

I was told a story about a great great uncle who put a target on his barn doors for some rifle practice. Later he went to get his old car out of the barn and found the radiator full of holes.

da.bees · Jul 19, 2013

Mom loved telling me about her uncle Alvin plowing with a walking cultivator. Alvin guided his horses beneath a tree where he had water in the shade. As old Alvin pulled the plow lines over his head he heard somthing rustle the grass and leaves. When he looked,there was a big ol snake. He bolted and the snake was in hot persute. When Alvin came to a fence,he jumped it and the snake came lying over his head and landed in front of him. It was then that Alvin remembered the whip looped to his waist. Mom's dad,my granddad was in the same field and watched it all.

WAYNE-N-TX · Jul 19, 2013

I like these type of post. Funny, sometime we need to laugh.

Anonymous-0 · Jul 19, 2013

When my older sis and bro were little tykes they were useing a old flat belt for a craper that dad had rolled up and put on the barn floor, Our Uncle came down one day to get the belt, stuck his hand in the center of said belt, Said what in the ells in this belt? sis and bro ran fer the house

oldtanker · Jul 19, 2013

My wife stayed on the farm with my mom and dad while I was on my first tour of Germany. We had 2 boys at the time and the oldest at 4 loved to go for walks in the woods. One day he almost stepped on a nesting grouse and as the bird flew up it got him good. He's 39 now and hates grouse!

Rick

JerryS · Jul 20, 2013

Growing up and working in our small family dairy operation, my brother and I tried to keep the parlor floor reasonably clean, and that meant that each time we saw a cow's tail raising we ran for the scoop, held it behind the cow and then threw the crap into a pile outside the back door.

One holstein kept a permanent case of the runs, and she decorated the place every time she came in so we made a special effort to get the scoop ready for her. One day my brother saw her tail moving; he ran for the scoop and got into position behind her. Just as she started her business she choked on a mouthful of dairy ration and coughed. My brother suddenly turned green from his forehead to his boots.

Dad got a kick out of telling everybody about it, saying "If he hadn't of had his mouth open, it would have hit him right in the face!!"

smallercrawler · Jul 20, 2013

Family was attending a local county fair when blond cousin (about 9 years old) had a small spider monkey tethered to a carnival game jump off his perch and onto her head as she walked past. She screamed, the monkey went straight up, the carnie guy panicked, and her dad laughed after seeing she wasn't hurt. She has hated monkeys ever since (and sometimes questioned her dad's love for her too, lol)!

NEKS · Jul 20, 2013

Our grandkids were staying with up one summer and our 4 years old grandson was telling grandma how he liked snakes,(living in the city they went to the zoo a lot). My son was using the skidsteer jackhammering a concrete wall out. He stopped and we were standing there talking with the 4 year old beside me. All of a sudden he let out a scream and started crying real hard and could not tell grandpa what was the matter. I thought he got stung by a bee. After he calmed down he had seen a snake crawling on the broke up concret.

MARK ROBKE · Jul 20, 2013

At my work,near downtown Cincinnati,that happened about 3 or 4 times. A huge flock of blackbirds would just appear out of nowhere, and walk around on the lot and roost on the loading dock roof across from our lot. They were real quiet and it was creepy. One of the guys, if he was working, would shoot bottle rockets at them to get rid of them. But,man did they make a mess. I had to wash my truck just drive home also. Mark

Royse · Jul 20, 2013

Growing up on a small farm, we farmed with old worn out equipment.
My dad would buy parts machines at auction and kept them lined
up in a row out in the horse pasture so they looked decent.
My uncle came to help us out between shifts at his day job, and
since he wasn't going to have time to go home he brought a sack
lunch to eat on his way to work.
Something broke down and he drove his truck out to the horse pasture
to get a part off one of the machines. While he was working, a horse
that we affectionately called Jack, short for JackA--, stuck his head
in the window and ate my uncles sack lunch.
He was one angry, hungry man when he went to work, but we
all get a good laugh about it now.
Who knew horses liked bologna and potato chips?

mj · Jul 21, 2013

When my boy was about 8 or 9 I needed a trench dug (about 40 feet long) from the shop to a power pedestal - being low on funds I decide to dig it by hand - a shovel wouldn't work as the trench needed to cross the driveway which had 1" 1/2 rock that had been packed by traffic SO I went to the farm store and bought a 'pick-mattox' (sp?). I was telling my wife about it when the boy, all excited, said 'Can I run it?' Sure, says I, 'C'mon you can start right away.'

I took him to the pickup and hoisted it over the tailgate; all bright & shiny red painted head with a wooden handle. When he saw it his face was the epitome of 'crestfallen'. He's over forty now but still gets red when I mention it - he did get the trench dug to my 'specs', though :lol:

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