Everyone knows that you are not supposed to take advantage of people in fragile state because it's just wrong. I explained this to Uncle R but evidently, he thought it would be more fun to pull one over on our dear dad - because he had the perfect opportunity to. Plus, it's kind of up in the air how fragile 'ole dad is as of this point, so I'll let this one go.

My dad recently succumbed to technology and decided to get a cell phone. Concerned that he was sucking up too much memory, he mentioned to my brother that he'd been diligent in deleting all incoming and out going calls and messages. My brother told him this was a good idea because all the extra messages would make the phone much more "heavy" to pack.

My dad pondered this for a moment, visualizing whether or not he felt that his phone was "heavier" since he did have some undeleted messages. I heard he even pulled the phone out and did a little balancing act - but that's still up in the air based on who you talk to.

Uncle R kept it together for a few more minutes and then Dad finally realized he was joking when Uncle R started to crack a smile. Dad finally confessed that he hadn't noticed any change in weights no matter how many messages he had and thought that maybe he had a damaged phone. Uncle R received a much needed fatherly admonishment and I got the best part; a funny story to share with the world :-).