The craziest thing said to me today

Man, today was an exceptional day for people saying wacky things. Apparently chickens have earlobes, in case you didn't know, AND the colour of the earlobes indicates what colour eggs they lay. Strange but true. As as funny as THAT whole conversation was, here is the hands-down craziest thing that was said to me all day (In case you can't tell, this is leading into a "Mom" story...)

Me: Yeah Summer still has that rash.
Mom: The same one from a couple of weeks ago?
Me: Yeah. But it's more red and raw now and it seems to be different than it was.
Mom: what do you mean?
Me: Well it almost looks like burns in some places. I'm going to have to take her back to the doctor.
Mom (in a very vague, faraway tone): Remember when Tiff had that rash?
Me: Er.....no....what rash?
Mom: When she was a baby
Me: Mom, she's 18 months younger than me. If she was a baby, I was a baby. Just a bigger one
Mom: ...........
Me: SIGH and eyeroll. No Mom. Of course I don't remember a rash Tiff had when we were BABIES.
Mom: Oh!........Well anyway she had this rash for like a year and we couldn't expose her to sunlight or anything.
Me: Really?
Mom: Yeah. It was a reaction to the barium. It's radioactive you know.

Now I will pause here to explain to you who don't know my mom that she thinks everyone was present for every moment of her life and that we all know exactly what she's talking about all the time.

Me: Barium?
Mom: Yeah. For the X-rays.
Me: What?

Coles notes version of this part: When Tiff was a baby she had to have an operation on a part of her stomach.

Me: Well Summer isn't taking barium Mom.
Mom: Well can you think of anything else radioactive she's been exposed to recently?
Me: Are you serious?
Mom: Well....
Me: Radioactive? No Mom. Not recently. Not since our visit to the uranium mine last month (this followed by a MEGA eye roll) Jesus Christ.
Mom (all whispy and faraway again): Well........just a thought.......

And there you have it. The craziest thing said to me all day. And there's a LOT more where that came from.

Radioactive....Good grief!!!!