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Goodbye Mom..... :-(

by Mac McMullen Jun 12, 2007 2:14PM PDT

A young man shopping in a supermarket noticed a little old lady following him around. If he stopped, she stopped. Furthermore she kept staring at him.

She finally overtook him at the checkout, and she turned to him and said, "I hope I haven't made you feel ill at ease; it's just that you look so much like my late son."

He answered, "That's okay."

"I know it's silly, but if you'd call out "Good bye, Mom" as I leave the store, it would make me feel so happy."

She then went through the checkout, and as she was on her way out of the store, the man called out, "Goodbye, Mom."

The little old lady waved, and smiled back at him.

Pleased that he had brought a little sunshine into someone's day, he went to pay for his groceries.

"That comes to $121.85," said the clerk.

"How come so much ... I only bought 5 items.."

The clerk replied, "Yeah, but your Mother said you'd be paying for her things, too."

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I heard a variation on that...

by grimgraphix Jun 12, 2007 2:30PM PDT

The young man is eating in a restaurant and as the lady leaves he shouts out "good bye mom" and of course then gets stuck with her bill.

It was told to me as if it was a true story though and continued on from there. The young man runs out the door and proceeds to chase down the sidewalk in pursuit of the woman. After all sorts of obstacles are hurdled or side stepped the fellow finally makes a lunging dive and grabs the lady by the foot. She struggles and drags the fellow down the street (the length of the struggle depends on how long you want to milk your audiences attention) as he hangs onto her leg.

The punch line went something like "I pulled and pulled on her leg for what seemed like forever... kind of like I'm pulling on your leg right now".

My sister's baby sitter told me this back in the 1970's (I was in junior high) and she had me by hook, line, and sinker till she closed the deal and told the punch line.