Mike’s blog

What is there to say about Jeff you ask? Well, sit back and relax. The story starts a few months back at work.

I was running a process at work when a group of new temporaries started walking by. It was a normal day. Three of the temps were given the fate of working with me in Chassis. Out of the three, we have one left standing…..Jeff!

Jeff is not your normal, everyday guy. Example you ask? For starters, he grew up in a very small town on a farm. He has the VERY VERY southern accent that you just can not ignore. This guy has never had a root beer float! He has never had peanut butter and jelly! If that is not bad enough, he only eats fried chicken, mashed potatoes and beans. That’s it!

Since I work with Jeff, I talk to him. It gets boring when you work without talking to anybody. Let me just say that he has his own word for everything. For starters….He calls a nut, a bolt. He calls a bolt, a screw. He calls a rubber exhaust hanger, a rubber. He calls extra sealer on the body of a car, rubber! Ohhh…and get this…he calls hole plugs….rubbers! LOL…I told him he’d better not ask our boss for a box of rubbers! LOL!! Besides his own language, his accent makes certain words sound like something else. Another example? When he is tired he tells me that he is "tard". And of course his father is "retard"…ohh…I mean retired! LOL!!! And a wire is a "war". You get the point.

The other night we were talking and that song "My baby loves the hanky panky" came on the radio. He started singing it. I cracked up laughing. He then informed me that his baby does not like the hanky panky. I asked him if it was because she was "tard"? LOL…he was like,"It could be. I am tard all of the time."

"It must be hard being tard all of the time." I replied

"Yeah, when I am tard, I can’t even function." He informed me.

"Is your Dad tard?" I asked

"I don’t know. He sleeps a lot though."

"Doesn’t he work?" I asked

"No, he is retard." He replied

"So he is tard?"

"I don’t know!" he said

"but you just told me he was retard." I informed him. "Is that where you get it from?"

At this time he had the most puzzled look on his face that I had ever seen! It was so hard not to laugh!! He finally understood what I was doing and we enjoyed a good laugh. Now whenever he says says "war", I always jump in and say,"what is it good for? Absolutely nothin." ROFL.

Okay, there may be a second edition to this little story but as of now, It’s bed time!!

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