if he was patientdidnt have to wait long not really  his father always presented him with an opportunity for a joke 

they just occurred to him parked their fat asses on his lap so he couldnt ignore them

                                                                                      had to get them off his chest

YUP  lap to chest 

he joked quickly

                 didnt want them to straddle his face 

his dadthey were talking on the telephone said he went outside to shovel the walk they received threefour inches

his dad  older  was recently prone to stumbling

                                                  slipping part and parcel of stumbling 

Wha you wearing on your feet

Shoes, what do you think?

Wha shoes Dad 

My shoes.

Your shoes rubbersoled shoes your shoes leathersoled shoes your shoes inside galoshes

   I didnt go down into the basement for my boots.

So what shoes

My dressmy leathersoled shoes.

Ya slip

I did a bit and then your sister knocked ferociously and yelled What the hell are you thinking? STOP. GET INSIDE. 

She was mad.

Understandable Shes afraid yare going to fall anya cant afford to fall because she wont be able to help you since her foots in a cast   Dad

I stopped and went inside.

Good Why are your boots your galoshes in the basement and not the garage yare months into winter

Haven’t had much snow to speak of son, and if it’s snowed the sun melts it before too long.

Ah So are you talking galoshes tha latch up the front or rubbers that virtually just cover your shoes

Galoshes.

Good Never cared much for rubbers

Me neither.

Why

Deeper snow get inside your shoes . wet feet.  You?

I didnt care for them because I had a hell of a time foldinem gettinem to fit inside my wallet 

took a bit for his fathers chuckle to percolate 

                                               his mother would have told him he was BAD  he wouldnt have spared her the joke

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