As a kid, way too many times to remember. But one sticks out in my memory and my mother brings it up, from time to time, in front of my kids.
We were at my aunt and uncles house for a backyard BBQ and there were lots of relatives from both sides of my family. My dad was sitting with all his brothers and brothers-in-law talking. I walked up to him and started asking him a question while he was talking. This was strictly a taboo act to my father. He motioned to me with the "look" that Bird808 was talking about in her post, but I persisted. Suddenly he stood up and in his deep voiced he said "How many times do I have to tell you, not to interupt me?" Suddenly all eyes were on me, my cousins, my uncles, everyone. I had a reputation as a smart ass kid and I knew I had to say something, anything and I replied "I don't know, how many times do you want to tell me"? It got a laugh from everyone. Well, needless to say, the sh*t hit the fan, and my dad gave me what is commonly refered to as a "good old fashioned ass whoopping!", in full view of everyone. I took it though and kept my mouth shut after that, for a while anyway.
