Papa John's Place *: Verne's party...the day the music died

The day we all waited for... Bro. Verne's birthday at Fudd's...

everything just right...

Our birthday boy was the center of attention...

At least it started that way!

We need to pause right now and bring you newer blog viewers up to speed on the party S-O-P (STANDARD OVERATING PROCEEDURE)

So... join uncle Wally...close your eyes...

And flash back with us to the fall of 2006...

It was at a staff meeting...

Wally introduced us to his I-B-S routine...

Out of the clear blue Wally invited us to all join him in singing "Itsey-Bitsey-Spider" complete with all the hand motions... ("Itsey-bitsey-spider went up the water spout" and all that ... )

You probably know the song.

And as you may have heard... the routine was really cool...the whole thing really caught on big time!

We even heard rumors that Wally was even going to do his I-B-S routine on "America's Got Talent" but Diane discouraged him ..."Wally , what if you

mess up bigtime and forget the words!"

(Don't worry Diane...there's always "Not as smart as a 5th grader" to fall back on...)

Now you've got the background...

You now understand why Verne asked ..."Wally will you get things rolling with your highly entertaining I-B-S routine?"

Poor Wally he tried... but everyone could see he was embarassed by his lip zit that had just popped up out of nowhere...

so Verne quickly asked wife Paula to take over...

Only thing... it might have gone a little quicker Verne if you'd warned Paula to be a little more I-B-S prepared...

"Now Wally...Do I roll the fingers over-under or under-over? "

"Like this...

over-under...

one finger at a time...

and accent the first syllable of each work..."

"And be sure to keep a one inch clearance between fingers at all times to comply with the fire code" ...Tami was explaining...

when Wally suddenly pointed up to the tv... "Look at that!"

(Apparently startled Verne's baby also...lol)

Darren then looked up at the other tv and said..."Yeh... they're talking about Tami on this one, too."

"Just because she is eating a cookie ?" We ask?

"NO ... because of her cookie business at work..." darren comments...

"Ever notice that Tami's Girl Scout Cookie prices tend to fluctuate

with the price of gas!" LOL

Obviously the heat and embarassment was building for Tami...

So quick thinking Wally to the rescue!

(I Couldn't believe my eyes!)

Wally nervously whips out a half-sized harmonica out of his shirt pocket... and lets it rip!

Wally began belting out a verse of "She'll be coming around the Mountain when she comes..."

and the whole place went wild!

Our hands were a clapping and our happy knees were shaking the table ...

BUT Poor Wally...

by the time he hit verse three , he got a real case of "Happy Knees"

and spilled Tami's water all over her and everything between...

THE MUSIC DIED!

And the clean-up began! LOL!

Thankfully Bailey had the Hill Family Puppets ready to take to the stage in a moments notice... (Dad is the short one with all the hair gel...)