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| Sat, 12-05-2009 - 7:05pm |
"when is the hanging of the poison sumac?" DSIL..."ha-ha"
The story goes like this...
When they first moved to MS my DSIL went all out decorating their very old home which is in the "Garden District" of Natchez. She had the inside all decorated and decided to go "au natural" for the outside. She ventured to the outskirts of town along the Natchez Trace to find "ivy." She cut tons of it, brought it home and draped and hung it all around the doorways and windows of the house adding touches of holly and ornaments. She had extra "ivy" so she brought it inside and put it on the mantels of their many fireplaces too. Mind you while she was doing this she had it draped around her neck for convenience sake.
It wasn't too long before she called my brother at work and told him that she was breaking out in welts and was itching terribly...everywhere. He came home from work and by the time he got there he said she was a mess!! Totally covered head to toe in red welts. He called a Dr. friend who came over to the house to look at her and when the Dr. came into the house he said, "why the heck do you have poison sumac around your doors and windows?" My brother dared not break out laughing at that particular moment...he just knew better...but some time later it did become something a standing joke. My DSIL never did think it was too funny! Of course guess who had to dress up like a bee keeper and remove all of the sumac?
So now *every* Christmas he says to her..."when is the hanging of the poison sumac?" I think it's getting old...very old.



LOL Blu that was hilarious! So she has yet to this day found that funny?? So she's not Southern right! That would have been a tale to tell for decades!
((hugs))
ROFL! Poor thing. Does she even decorate for Christmas anymore? For sure I would be buying my greenery from a hobby store (plastic or silk).
Hugs,
Melissa
ROFLMBO!!!
I gotta sympathize with your poor SIL - she meant well.
That sounds like something I would do .
My DH had a bad case of Poinson Sumac last summer so I had him come in here and read your post.
LOL!
I read the retelling of my story on your blog and started laughing all over again! It really is funny...IMHO...
LOL...no kidding!
This is hilarious - deserves to be in Readers Digest humor column.
My DSis over-wound my watch when she was 4. She just kept winding, even when I told her to leave it alone. It's a running joke now - any minor disagreement causes her to say "you're just getting even for the watch" - LOL. Sales clerks look befuddled.
Jacquie