Mom tends to fall asleep watching TV. It's just a given.
One night, mom is typically out like a light when I walk into the living room, sit down and watch the local evening news with dad. The news anchor reports that song-and-dance man, Ben Vereen was critically injured in a car wreck. My dad exclaims:
"Oh, wow. Ben Vereen. That's terrible."
Sensing something was up, even in her stupor, Mom awakens briefly. "Wha -- What happened?"
Dad: "Ben Vereen got in a car accident."
Mom: [groggily] "Oh, no. Is he OK?"
Dad: "Not sure."
A few minutes later, mom is back in La La Land. The news anchor delivers yet another bombshell: A man was shot in the head with an arrow--and lived!
Me: "What??!!"
Dad: "Shot in the head with an arrow and LIVED???!!!"
Me: "I can't believe that..."
Mom stirs in her sleep and wakes up again, this time even more alarmed than the last.
Mom: "Wha??? What happened? Ben Vereen got shot in the head with an arrow? What???"
Dad and I look at each other and bust out laughing.
Me: "Yeah, Ben Vereen got shot in the head with an arrow. Go back to sleep. We'll tell ya what really happened in the morning."
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