my favorite joke that my mother makes

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happens when she asks a question and directs it at "baby," and someone else in the family responds. she says, "no, my other baby!" and just laughs and laughs. i don't think it's that it's a funny thing, per se; i think it makes my mother so delighted, as she basks in the lavishness of having multiple person to respond to baby, in the love of her family, that she cannot help but laugh out loud. if i don't get to hear this joke during a visit home, it feels a little hollow.

anyway, i just asked the cat what she thought about opening up the shades, and tom said "sure, baby," and i said "no, my other baby."

man oh man.