My mum passed away five years ago. Here are some of the things she said which made me laugh out loud.
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“Oooh … so your boyfriend’s a Moslem? ..."
(When she first learned I was going out with Abu)
" ... Does he pray to the Buddha every day?”
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“May Allah forgive me.”
(As she served up a pork chop, the first time I brought him home for dinner. He was caught between two terrible and opposing fears - that of offending God, and that of offending mother-in-law.)
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“I love Malaysian food ..."
(When she came to visit me in Malaysia, we made sure that we only took her to places where she’d cope with the food - so all the spicy stuff was out - and which were clean. We ended up eating nearly all the time in coffeee shops in the bigger hotels.)
" ... especially the lamb chops.”
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“Look, look over here. You’ve got to come over here and see this.”
(At Greenwich Maritime Museum in a room containing the earliest chronometers. We race over to look at what amazing antique scientific instrument has caught her eye ... and find her pointing at a radiator.)
“It’s just like the one I’ve got at home.”
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“I’ll have you know my mother was the head cook for the Duchess of Grafton.”
(The month before she died of cancer, when we suggested that she take 'Meals on Wheels': a service for the sick and elderly, with lunches delivered to the door.)
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