sylvia from toronto
sylvia from toronto is commonly known as bubby sylvia. for those unfamiliar with the word "bubby", it is yiddish for grandmother. bubby sylvia is one of 9 children, has two daughters, 7 granddaughters, and 3 great-grandchildren. she was born and raised in toronto and recently celebrated her 90th birthday
bubby sylvia is hilarious. she is her own biggest fan when it comes to her baking. a meal does not go by without her disclaimer: if i say so myself, this came out really good today. she also loves ice cream and chinese food, but will never admit to it. every time she eats either of them, she becomes pleasantly surprised by how much she is actually enjoying it. again, the experience is followed by a disclaimer: i can't remember the last time i ate this (ice cream or chinese) (FYI, you ate ice cream and/or chinese food at the last family birthday dinner. and yes, you were there)
this is one of our favorite bubby sylvia stories. once, robyn, darcy, and hailey (three hilarious granddaughters) took bubby sylvia out for dinner. as they were leaving, three young women tried to walk into the restaurant. she would not be pushed aside by anyone! so, in true bubby sylvia form, she proceeded to push them aside, walk through the door, and declare "age before beauty!" it was hilarious.
this next story is both hilarious and absolutely horrifying. one of bubby sylvia's rituals involved the bagel plus. the parking lot is totally insane and some spots are at a slight incline (emphasis on the word slight). you can imagine the sheer panic that we, her family, felt upon hearing that she was involved in a car accident. actually, she was run over by a car. but not just any car, she was run over by her own car that she was driving! (scratch head here) this is what happened, so we've been told:
sylvia from toronto is commonly known as bubby sylvia. for those unfamiliar with the word "bubby", it is yiddish for grandmother. bubby sylvia is one of 9 children, has two daughters, 7 granddaughters, and 3 great-grandchildren. she was born and raised in toronto and recently celebrated her 90th birthday
bubby sylvia is hilarious. she is her own biggest fan when it comes to her baking. a meal does not go by without her disclaimer: if i say so myself, this came out really good today. she also loves ice cream and chinese food, but will never admit to it. every time she eats either of them, she becomes pleasantly surprised by how much she is actually enjoying it. again, the experience is followed by a disclaimer: i can't remember the last time i ate this (ice cream or chinese) (FYI, you ate ice cream and/or chinese food at the last family birthday dinner. and yes, you were there)
this is one of our favorite bubby sylvia stories. once, robyn, darcy, and hailey (three hilarious granddaughters) took bubby sylvia out for dinner. as they were leaving, three young women tried to walk into the restaurant. she would not be pushed aside by anyone! so, in true bubby sylvia form, she proceeded to push them aside, walk through the door, and declare "age before beauty!" it was hilarious.
this next story is both hilarious and absolutely horrifying. one of bubby sylvia's rituals involved the bagel plus. the parking lot is totally insane and some spots are at a slight incline (emphasis on the word slight). you can imagine the sheer panic that we, her family, felt upon hearing that she was involved in a car accident. actually, she was run over by a car. but not just any car, she was run over by her own car that she was driving! (scratch head here) this is what happened, so we've been told:
- bubby sylvia pulls into slightly inclined parking spot at the bagel plus
- bubby sylvia opens door and steps out of car
- car starts rolling
- bubby sylvia realizes that car is not in park
- bubby sylvia tries to dive into the car to stop it from colliding with other vehicles
- alert! alert! dive failure! dive failure!
- bubby sylvia falls out of car
- front driver-side wheel of car rolls over her legs
- bubby sylvia now has some nasty bruises and tire marks on her pants
this last story speaks to the importance of politics in our family. it is not anything we are proud of, simply the truth. bubby sylvia now lives in a retirement home. prime minister stephen harper made a stop at her retirement home as part of his campaign tour during the last federal election. he was scheduled for a 'meet-and-greet' on a friday morning. we were all excited for bubby sylvia. it is not everyday the media and the pm stop by for a chat. so, we asked bubby sylvia if she met him, what he was like, did anyone ask him any interesting/thought provoking questions. here is how that conversation went:
family: hey bubby, how was it when the prime minister came?
bubby: how am i supposed to know?
family: didn't you go? are you feeling well?
bubby: no i didn't go, why would I?
family: this opportunity does not present itself on a regular basis
bubby: you are crazy. i could never have gone.
family: why not, aren't you interested in politics?
bubby: it was a friday.
family: politics don't interest you on fridays?
bubby: i had to get my hair done.
family: so, you went to the hair dresser instead of meeting the prime minister?
bubby: of course. you would do the same.
in summary, her standing appointment at the hair dresser trumps everything.
because of these and countless other stories, bubby sylvia gets an i'm hilarious t-shirt. unfortunately, she won't wear it because it does not come as a sweater set. nevertheless, we want her to have one.
bubby sylvia from toronto IS hilarious!
No comments:
Post a Comment