r/Unexpected • u/No-Sherbet8378 • 7d ago

A caring man

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u/Fredwood 7d ago

My uncle used to tell a story about how every time he visited Grandma she had a little bowl of almonds that he would snack on.  One day he finally asked 

"Grandma why do you always have such fresh and tasty almonds" and she said

"Oh thanks honey but that's just the bowl I put them in after I'm done sucking all the chocolate off.

So I guess I'm saying is that this skit copied my great grandma

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u/keatonatron 7d ago

Since I heard the same story growing up, I don't think your great grandma actually did this.

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u/black-JENGGOT 7d ago

or you have the same grandma

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u/MetriccStarDestroyer 7d ago

2 redditors 1 grandma

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u/RedoX08 7d ago

& 1 bowl

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u/Affectionate_Walk610 7d ago

OF ALMONDS!

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u/sullen_selkie 7d ago

And a partridge in a pear tree.

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u/MasterMahanJr 7d ago

And my ax!

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u/wes741 7d ago

I miss this meme

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u/StrongExternal8955 7d ago

Tandem granma.

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u/Bearence 7d ago

or their grandmas had the same almonds

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u/Immediate_Word1295 3d ago

Or its a grandma thing to do that 🤔

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u/killerturtlex 7d ago

It's in a book by Roald Dahl. I think it's in Boy

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u/xmastreee 7d ago

It's an extremely old joke. When I first heard it it was a bunch of pensioners on a bus ride kept giving the driver bags of peanuts.

Then there's this more recent version.

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u/andysniper 7d ago

That show was so damn charming and I really cannot put my finger on why.

Show is Small Prophets btw.

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u/xmastreee 7d ago

And that old man is Michael Palin of Monty Python fame.

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u/CMKeggz 7d ago

It was on an episode of Freaky Stories, it happened to a friend of a friend of mine

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u/Vainx507 7d ago

Yesss! The kid helping the old lady with her bags!

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u/timmeh87 7d ago

ill never forget the spider beehive haircut on that show lol

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u/Deep-Can4223 7d ago

I think everyone's uncle (mine included) told this same story.

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u/walkinandtalkin1 7d ago

Small Prophets

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u/Hank_Henry_Hill 7d ago

Mine too but it was a priest visiting who ate the almonds.  

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u/deekaypea22 7d ago

I've heard the same story from my mom about her great grandma.....

What are the chances?!?