Sometimes life serves up some incredibly sweet moments. About twenty-five years ago ,I mortally embarrassed both my high school children with no effort or planning on my part whatsoever. I was a dialysis nurse at the time. I had worked all night the night before. I had gone to bed about four that afternoon, knowing I was going to be called back. At eight-thirty in the evening the phone at my bedside rang. Jolted out of sleep, sure it was my call back from the hospital, I was disoriented to hear a radio D J introduce himself. “This is ———- I am calling the Bethea Home in Greenwood, Louisiana, live. We are on the air. Is this Ms. Bethea?”
“Duh”. This was not the call I was expecting. I was brilliant!
” You have the chance to be entered in the Win a House Contest if you can answer one simple question. Are you ready?”
Remember, I’d just come off a sixteen hour shift and had had four hours sleep.
“Duh. Ok”
“All Right! Here’s your question. It’s so simple you couldn’t miss it. What was Michael Jackson’s first million seller?” By this time my kids, who were both listening to the radio had burst into the room to try to get the phone away from me, knowing what was bound to happen.
the were too late. I answered loud and clear, disgracing them in front of all their listening friends. “Who in the Hell is Michael Jackson?”
Fortunately, I already had a house.
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Hilarious, Linda. I wonder what the house would have looked like. 😀 — Suzanne
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Unbeatable!
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😆😆😆. You had a Thriller moment
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Terrific, I love it!
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Oh dear! My kids would never let me live something like that down. I hope yours were more forgiving.
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I’m always suspicious of anyone who calls and promises a wild and wonderful prize. At one time I asked the same question, “Who the hell is Michael Jackson?” 😀 😀
Sigh. No one’s called me yet. 😀
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Now, I am impressed. Great minds.
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Too funny!
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LOL, sounds like something I would have said. :o)
Loved this one.
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Brilliant! Who the hell was he any way…
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Don’t fret, I’m a big fan of MJ and wouldn’t have been sure if the answer. It was either “OFF THE WALL” or THRILLER. Thriller is the song featured in the video you pictured.
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Thriller. You don’t win either.
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I send you my praise and adoration … dialysis nurses are first class. My Sweetheart did over three and a half years in dialysis before she passed away. Her nurses … I can’t say enough good things about them.
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I believe, in general, dialysis nurses are the kindest and most loving. My condolences. I know those were hard times for you both.
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I believe, in general, dialysis nurses are the kindest and most loving. My condolences. I know those were hard times for you both.
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Reblogged this on Nutsrok.
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This is funny and I am a MJ fan but you can be excused for feeling disoriented. 😁
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I was just a bit.
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Love it! My Mom once dangled a gummi worm from her nose in the mall. She was ready to go, we teenagers weren’t, so she stuck that worm in her nose, and we all raced to the car! 🙂
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Good deal!
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Priceless motivation! Wish I’d thought of that!
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Sigh, I remember when Michael Jackson was a black boy Wanting Back his ABCs.
Think on it this way though, even if you’d answered correctly, it was only to be entered into the draw for a house, not to definitely win one. 🙂
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Oh, I wasn’t worried about the house at all.
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Oh well. I’ll just keep sleeping in a ditch till they call again.
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OMG…. I have been a big fan of MJ…. I understand your kids too well! XD
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I think that’s the perfect answer, and I know who Michael Jackson was. 😉
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They were mortified
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Classic! I bet your kids were so mad with you! Hilarious story.
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You bet!
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Knowing you were trying to sleep, why didn’t the kids answer the phone?
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They were trying. I beat them to it in a panic because I was sleeping restlessly.
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I wouldn’t have known either.
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Good. I thought I was the only one.
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That made me laugh out loud! How did the DJ respond? Was there dead silence?
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Couldn’t hear him over the ruckus the kids were making.
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