Dave Barry

nobody would believe that well but it's true and you ask me anything about what happened in 1953 and i was there man but anyway the the point is i wasn't you know i wasn't like good at anything except being funny so that really was a you know a logical thing for me to do and i always did it and i kept on doing it and i got told many times that you can't be just funny for the rest of your life but whoever said that's wrong

nobody would believe that well but it's true and you ask me anything about what happened in 1953 and i was there man but anyway the the point is i wasn't you know i wasn't like good at anything except being funny so that really was a you know a logical thing for me to do and i always did it and i kept on doing it and i got told many times that you can't be just funny for the rest of your life but whoever said that's wrong

You know what?

You know what?

I was able to. I want to go. Yeah, I really want to go back. Mrs. Bassage. I want to go find her. She's dead a long time. But I'd dig her up. Dig her up just to tell her. Oh, you can't joke your way through life, huh, Mrs. Passage? Take a look. You're just yelling at her. Want to see my house, Mrs. Passage?

I was able to. I want to go. Yeah, I really want to go back. Mrs. Bassage. I want to go find her. She's dead a long time. But I'd dig her up. Dig her up just to tell her. Oh, you can't joke your way through life, huh, Mrs. Passage? Take a look. You're just yelling at her. Want to see my house, Mrs. Passage?

I'm kind of hoping they didn't cremate her because then there'll be an accident. Because she was pretty skeletal when she was alive, and I don't think she would look all that different as a dead person.

I'm kind of hoping they didn't cremate her because then there'll be an accident. Because she was pretty skeletal when she was alive, and I don't think she would look all that different as a dead person.

Oh, no, but the time, okay.

Oh, no, but the time, okay.

Right from Mrs. Bassett.

Right from Mrs. Bassett.

No, it was traumatic, but I was like in my 40s. My... I mean, I had become a successful humor columnist at this point. My dad died, and my mom just was not dealing with it well.

No, it was traumatic, but I was like in my 40s. My... I mean, I had become a successful humor columnist at this point. My dad died, and my mom just was not dealing with it well.

And we went through this phase, and like if you have older parents, then a lot of people know what this phase is, where the dynamic starts to shift from they're your parent to like you're both neutral sort of, then you become sort of their... So my mom had this house in Armonk, New York that my dad built with his hands and that I grew up in.

And we went through this phase, and like if you have older parents, then a lot of people know what this phase is, where the dynamic starts to shift from they're your parent to like you're both neutral sort of, then you become sort of their... So my mom had this house in Armonk, New York that my dad built with his hands and that I grew up in.

And we all told her, you can't keep the house because it's in the middle of the woods and it's too big. And you need to sell your house and move on with your life. And so she sold the house. And then she didn't know where to go. And she would come to Florida, live with me for a while. Then she would go out to California, where both my brothers lived, and live with one, live with another.

And we all told her, you can't keep the house because it's in the middle of the woods and it's too big. And you need to sell your house and move on with your life. And so she sold the house. And then she didn't know where to go. And she would come to Florida, live with me for a while. Then she would go out to California, where both my brothers lived, and live with one, live with another.

Just couldn't. And so I vividly remember the last time I saw her, she called me up and said she wanted to go to Connecticut and look at this community in Connecticut that some friends of hers had lived in. You know, so I said, OK, you know, your mom's your mom. So I fly up and meet her in Hartford, Connecticut, rent a car. We drive to this place and all the way there.

Just couldn't. And so I vividly remember the last time I saw her, she called me up and said she wanted to go to Connecticut and look at this community in Connecticut that some friends of hers had lived in. You know, so I said, OK, you know, your mom's your mom. So I fly up and meet her in Hartford, Connecticut, rent a car. We drive to this place and all the way there.