My father, Melvin, loved to tease my grandmother. She didn't always appreciate his brand of humor which unfortunately seemed to give him all the more pleasure. Around 1960 Grandma proudly bought herself a fake fur coat. Grandma was sort of a hefty gal and although she thought it looked like a rich mink coat......well it sort of ..........didn't. That winter each and every time my grandparents came over my father would run to the door and loudly exclaim. "Look, it's Pa and a grizzly bear!" Grandma would stomp in and through clenched teeth hiss "Oh you lousy guy". That only made my Dad laugh all the harder.
Pa and a grizzly bear |