My mom's never been a big advocate of Western medicine and prefers to treat any sort of illness with natural cures. Me, on the other hand? I think along the same lines as Denis Leary:
So, I'm taking to Mom yesterday and she's telling me how to cure my irritatingly persistent cough.
Mom: Jemmy, do you want me to send you some ginger?
Me: Ginger? What? No. What am I gonna do with a hunk of ginger? Can you even mail ginger?
Mom: It'll help your cough and then, you can cook with whatever's left over.
Me: Firstly, I never use ginger when I cook. Ever. And secondly, I could just take some cough medicine.
Mom: Jemmy, those medicines aren't good for you. You should use natural cures. I was watching TV and this doctor was talking about how medicine actually makes you sick.
Me: Mom, was this a real doctor or like, a doctor of poetry? 'Cause seriously, anyone can be a doctor.
Mom: You couldn't.
Me (pause): Thanks, Mom. Thanks.
Indian woman doesn't think her offspring would succeed in the field of medicine. That's gotta be a first.
So, I'm taking to Mom yesterday and she's telling me how to cure my irritatingly persistent cough.
Mom: Jemmy, do you want me to send you some ginger?
Me: Ginger? What? No. What am I gonna do with a hunk of ginger? Can you even mail ginger?
Mom: It'll help your cough and then, you can cook with whatever's left over.
Me: Firstly, I never use ginger when I cook. Ever. And secondly, I could just take some cough medicine.
Mom: Jemmy, those medicines aren't good for you. You should use natural cures. I was watching TV and this doctor was talking about how medicine actually makes you sick.
Me: Mom, was this a real doctor or like, a doctor of poetry? 'Cause seriously, anyone can be a doctor.
Mom: You couldn't.
Me (pause): Thanks, Mom. Thanks.
Indian woman doesn't think her offspring would succeed in the field of medicine. That's gotta be a first.
2 comments on "Mom thinks I'm stupid"
LOL. Oh well, at least you can still go to law school, yes?
My mother is the complete opposite btw. As soon as I have a HINT of a symptom she makes me buy out the entire drugstore. Her reasoning is: if you don't need a doctor's recipe for it, it can't be that bad.
You know, I was thinking about getting a doctorate degree just to show her up...but knowing my mom, she'd probably think I got it out of a cereal box or something :)
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