Easter with my Family

I have to preface this with my family is nuts. 

They are so damn funny but they don't see that.  That is what makes them funny to me.
There is always a lot of laughter when we are together.  You could assume it is the alcohol that is always flowing but it's not.  My parents are nuts. And any sane sober person who witnesses the stuff my sisters and I see would laugh too. When we 5 sisters are together it usually ends in hysterical laughter.  My parents are quirky and there are times when we look at each other and say, "how the hell did we all become productive adults?" 

This was what happened this Easter Sunday. 
My sister Pam called to chat with me and she had me howling on the phone repeating this story.  My sister Pam can tell a story like no other.
So I share with you my quirky parents.  I hope it makes you smile and if nothing else makes you appreciate your normal parents who use their appliances like normal people.

My 2 sisters are helping my Mom clean up the kitchen after Easter dinner.

My sister Jen begins washing the dishes as my sister Pam brings more in from the dining room.
Pam opens the dishwasher and says, “Jen, why aren’t we putting these in the dishwasher it's empty?”

“Oh we can’t they have a fit if you use the dishwasher?”

“What is the issue with the dishwasher it’s practically brand new?
"I thought it was just the disposal you couldn’t use. Is it broken?

“Oh it's not broken I didn't even ask about the dishwasher I gave up.
But Dad still doesn’t like you to put food in the disposal.”

“But that is where the food goes….into the disposal. Why have it then?”

“I know but being a plumber he has issues with this.”... giggling

“Yea I understood it when we lived in the country and we had a septic tank and we could never have a disposal but why now? They live in the city with no septic tank etc.”

“Who knows but if he hears you turn it on he comes running. Apparently it’s the only thing left he can hear without his hearing aid.”

“Did Mom actually make the ham today in the oven or on a fire pit in the backyard?”

Giggling ensues.

“They just bought this new shiny stainless steel fridge do they use this or is this just for show like the garbage disposal?”

They are now laughing so hard snorting ensues.

My sister says jokingly, “I think they are actually keeping food now in a cooler. Better for the environment – no freon”

With that sentence comes very loud roaring laughter out of the kitchen as my Mom walks in and asks what is so funny you two?  Neither of my sisters can speak. When they calm down they explain to my mother that it is sincerely weird that they would not use these items in her kitchen. She hits my sister with the dish towel and says, “never mind we have our reasons you little shits.”  She laughs and leaves the room.

Which sends my two sisters into hysteria.