Manners

Yesterday I was able to leave work at 11:30 so I went to Grammie and Pa's. Pa had just gotten up and Grammie was still sleeping. It had been a rough night at their house. AJ said she needed a break and decided we should go out for lunch. Pa said he hadn't eaten, so after AJ made him a sandwhich we set off for our "outing." We walked over to the Smokey Mountain Pizza and Pasta place that's on State St. We sat outside on the patio and had a delightful lunch and visit. When we got back to the house Grammie was awake and so I found the crossword puzzle. We worked on it a little bit before AJ came and joined us. As we were working on the puzzle there were loud noises coming from the kitchen. Finally it hit me. Pa was burping! After about the third burp I just looked at AJ and we started laughing. Grammie couldn't hear Pa burping and she didn't know what we were laughing about so she just looked at me. I finally turned to her and said, "Pa is belching!" Grammie just laughed and laughed. Then I said, "And this comes from the man who made me read Tiffany's Book of Table Manners, twice because he didn't think I had enough manners. I had to sit on the brown couch and read that book." Grammie said, "I remember that." I mean really!! We were never allowed to act like that. Why is it OK for him? At least we got a good laugh out of the whole thing.