Ok, game on.
This is the story as I told it at Tulsa in the Emmons' trailer. Please note that there was a young married couple in there that she swore her ears were made of iron and wouldn't be offended.
I stayed with Ed that weekend instead of bringing my RV. Last minute release from the NHRA kept me from having everything ready, but that is another story.
On Thursday Ed and his wonderful wife, Jeanie, gave us a tour of their home. It is an unbelievably nice home with its own library and even a permanent wooden ladder that moves back and forth. The shelves are filled with many books (Ed is well read) including law books (Ed may be paranoid).
I turned around and saw on a reading table a well worn copy of "50 Shades of Grey." And I mean it was being read closely. It was as dog eared as Fletcher's log book. Note to self: Sleep with back to wall and one eye opened.
Everyone roared with laughter and the young woman was nearly in the floor with tears as Ed went into full denial mode. He said I made it all up and it wasn't true! This was on Saturday.
Sunday morning we headed out with Ed and Jeanie for breakfast when Ed asked where we wanted to go and I mentioned McDonalds was out (hence Jeanie's comment that it must have been Ed's fault). They took us to another favorite dive of theirs. The cook came up and introduced himself as their son. It confused me.
The story about the tour and the book on the table came up. Jeanie actually finished my sentence and said "yeah, 50 Shades of Grey." The look on Ed's face was priceless. He said "my god...it's true??? How come I haven't noticed anything???" I pointed out she hadn't finished the book.
Jeanie was pretty non plussed about it and it was a good thing Ed was sitting down or he would have passed out. It was then that I knew how much I appreciated Jeanie and her ability to overlook our shortcomings.
She is a real gem.