passing the torch

My grandfather loved to tell bad jokes. An anxious mother of the bride is worried that everything won't be ready for the wedding which is just hours away. All the drinks have arrived but the cold cuts haven't been delivered. She expresses her concerns to the caterer who tells her, "Don't worry! The wurst is yet to come."

He passed the enjoyment he received from making others groan onto my dad:

Trapped in a car with my dad driving, he recently made us listen to each song the album Classically Sedaka. This album is Neil Sedaka singing his own lyrics to classical music hits. It may be the worst album in the history of the world. He literally had us screaming in the back seat. I wish I could find a place for you all to hear it but take a look at the album cover and imagine that guy singing over Chopin.

And on it goes:

Just last week I forced Miss Kate to sit down and watch the last minute of Four Weddings and a Funeral. The part where Hugh Grant and Andie MacDowell are standing in the pouring rain and Hugh says something about it raining and Andie says, "Is it still raining? I hadn't noticed." It is a poor line and it would be difficult for someone who possessed the ability to act her way out of a wet paper sack. But in the hands of Ms. MacDowell, I think it is the worst line ever uttered on film. Miss Kate had never seen it before and she was quite upset with me.

I was giddy with pleasure.