Cali's mother died; was a typical parent of a DUmmy (probably fictional)

[BannedFromDU]

Star Member cali (92,461 posts)

I never make pizza without thinking of my mother

I never see an earwig without thinking of you, Cali

I don't think I even had pizza from a pizza place until I was ten or so. She made the dough and rolled it out thin, then sliced mozzarella and put it on top of the dough in the pan. Then she sliced tomatoes and placed them on top of the cheese; added salt pepper, freshly grated parmesan and put it in a hot oven. Something magical happens to those simple ingredients and it's still the best pizza I've ever tasted.

My mother died last week on March 15th.

She was born in 1919. She grew up in France and Italy. She was in Paris when Lindbergh landed. She spoke French and Italian fluently. During World War II she worked as a translator for the OSS. She knew all kinds of interesting people from Aldous Huxley to Thomas Mann.

Of COURSE she was. Of COURSE she did. Of COURSE.


She was a lifelong democrat who lived most of her life in a republican stronghold.

Said EVERY Dummy eulogizing a dead parent EVER. Don't worry, Cali...she'll continue to vote Democrat.


 She was active in the League of Women Voters. I remember how thrilled she was when Ella Grasso was elected governor. She was a delegate for Jimmy Carter and a very early supporter.

Of COURSE she was.


She loved history and she adored Henry James. She was an amazing cook. Long before most people thought about additives, my mother was an inveterate reader of food product ingredients. I remember begging her for a cake mix. No way would she ever buy one. She was someone who could whip up a Sacher Torte at the drop of a hat.

I think YOU might be the one who adores Henry James.


She was always in motion. Even last summer she went to London at the age of 94.

I never make pizza without thinking of my mother. I suppose I never will.

OK, if her mother really was the Most Interesting Woman in the World, I'm an asshole. But I doubt it.


And somehow, despite the death of Yet Another Perfect DUmmy Parent, Cali was posting as normal earlier in the week.

Also, how, if their parents are always so perfect, do they end up being such nasty, bitter assholes?

[Delmar]

OK, if her mother really was the Most Interesting Woman in the World, I'm an asshole. But I doubt it.


And somehow, despite the death of Yet Another Perfect DUmmy Parent, Cali was posting as normal earlier in the week.

Also, how, if their parents are always so perfect, do they end up being such nasty, bitter assholes?

That makes two of us--it sounds like a tall tale to me too.

She was born in 1919. She grew up in France and Italy. She was in Paris when Lindbergh landed. She spoke French and Italian fluently. During World War II she worked as a translator for the OSS. She knew all kinds of interesting people from Aldous Huxley to Thomas Mann.

[Dori]

Also, how, if their parents are always so perfect, do they end up being such nasty, bitter assholes?

A lot of the Democrats of yesteryear aren't the same breed as today's commie Democrats.

 

[GOBUCKS]

If all that's true, she must have been so proud to have an unemployable wallduded pill addict for a daughter.

Which reminds me. If you think about it, DUmmy cali has been one of the most hateful, contemptible, consistently repulsive DUmmies for years, yet she has never been a serious DOTY contender.

She's far more deserving of notice than Anne Pritchett, but has always lacked a campaign manager.

[Carl]

Meanwhile in the real universe her mother that was stashed away in a nursing home and long forgotten has died.
Someone tracked cali down after a week and told it.

[franksolich]

Oh now, I don't doubt the bitter old Vermontese cali primitive's description of her mother a single bit; it sounds eminently credible.

But being in Paris when Lindbergh landed couldn't have been a big deal for the maternal ancestress, given that she would've been all but eight years old at the time.  One wonders what occupation her mother's father had, that the family lived over in Europe when that wasn't common.  

I always thought highly of the bitter old Vermontese cali primitive's mother.

As to how such a seemingly good person could have such a rotten child, well, even though of us who've never had children know it's a crap game.  I give you the examples of Henry II, Edward I, Edward III, George V, good men who had worthless sons.

[USA4ME]

cali

I never make pizza without thinking of my mother.

I thought for sure she was going to say her mother was Jewish.

.

[diesel driver]

WTF is wrong with cali!!!!   

Forcing her 95 year old mother to make her a pizza!   

WTH is wrong with these DUmmies?   

[DumbAss Tanker]

The same old story of a successful, high-achieving parent raising a total loser kid.  When do we get to the part where cruel fate catches up with the misbegotten offspring in the form of a fiery crash, volcanic eruption, etc.?

 

[diesel driver]

The same old story of a successful, high-achieving parent raising a total loser kid.  When do we get to the part where cruel fate catches up with the misbegotten offspring in the form of a fiery crash, volcanic eruption, etc.?

 

I like that!   Kill It With Fire!



Just WHEN will we get to see a drunken WRP fall face first into an active volcano?
How can I help to make this happen?