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3:17pm. The phone at work rings.
Me: Hello, this is Jen.
Mom: JENNIFER???!!!!
Me: Mom?
Mom: WHERE ARE YOU??!!!!
Me: Uh, at work.
Mom: YOU’RE NOT IN JAIL, RIGHT???
Me: What the….?? No, I’m not in jail……
Mom: WHEW!! I came home and saw your phone number on the caller ID. Then I checked voice mail and there was a voice message from Harris County Jail asking for collect call. So I thought it was you.
Me: hahaha - You thought I was calling you to come bail me out?
Mom: Yah! Oh, I was sooooo scared! I was thinking, ‘what did she do?? what did she do??’
Me: Ok, obviously the call from the jail was a wrong number…..Hey, wait a minute…..how come you automatically thought it was me and not Christine or Daniel? Am I the child most likely to be a convicted felon?
Mom: hahaha - yeah!
Me: Gee, thanks mom.
Mom: I just went to a health fair and got lots of free pens. Come home and I’ll give you some.*
Me: Ok, thanks mom.
Mom: Ok bye.
Me: Bye.
I love my mom. The woman is hilarious.
* My mom feels her children don’t visit her enough, so her strategy is to constantly bribe us with random things like free packages of toilet paper, oranges, soap, carrot juice, free pens from health fairs, etc.
Tags: Family
11 Responses for "no, mom, i’m not in jail"
LOL!!!
Well … better to have toilet paper than just a hat (like Rick) in case you are running in the woods and nature calls.
buahahaha!
hey, i want some free pens. mine all walked off to some pen conference or something this week…
That’s hillarious! Be sure to bring us some pens next time we meet!!
phone calls from the jail may be a scam read these:
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/hoffman/3535761.html
http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/life/hoffman/3543102.html
That is a hoot of a post. I would like some pens, too..please?
sounds like my parents. money and gifts win over every time:)
FYI - The call from Jail was likely a scam. Inmates will call random numbers and ask you to help them out by calling a specific number for them (since they only get one call and “accidently” reached you). You end up paying collect call rates for the call.
Parents are so funny.
I’ll visit your mom for free stuff too.
I think HRB should have their next meeting at Jen’s mom’s house. That way, we get to leave with a free pen! How cool is that?
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