Mothers And Their Sense Of Humor-----------Elbow Grease?

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I am smiling as I think of a trick my mom played on my sister. Yes, I am still on memory lane. They are good memories. We were cleaning the kitchen and my sister was complaining that there ought to be some real good cleanser that would clean with out too much work on her part. My mom looked at her and mentioned that there was. When my sister asked her what it was my mom told her it was called, Elbow Grease, I don't know how many of you know what that is but you sure can't buy it on a shelf. Anyway my sister asked mom for the money to buy some and my mom just smiled at her and gave her some money. As my sister went down to the store my mom called the store and talked to one of the workers that she knew real well and told her just to play along. So my sister was telling me later that the workers were real cooperative and told her what aisle to find it on and of course she couldn't find it where they said. So when she came up to the front they said that they must have sold out of it since it was such a good cleanser. When my sister came back to the house I don't know how mom kept a straight face but when my sister told her they were sold out of it my mom told her that there was no way they could have been because each one of them had it with them as well as herself, my sister and I. Talk about my sister and I have to admit I thought mom had lost it. Then she walked over to my sister and pointed at her elbow and said to put a little umpff in her cleaning and she would have elbow grease. She cracked up laughing as she walked away. My sister and I just looked at each other and shook our heads. My mother the clown. She was doing things like this all the time. We had to stay on her toes since we didn't know what kind of joke she was going to do next. My mom the love of my life.