Dual Existent Meanings in a Single Vortex World

     We said it when we were young. It was 1968, or '69 when we started saying it.....it was great ! We actually wondered why no one had ever thought of it, before !
     When something was a given, that's when you'd say..."Fuckin' "A", man !" Exactly like, if someone had said to me..."Hey, are you still goin' to the dance with Betty Lou ?"
     And I'd answer..."Fuckin' "A", man.....her Dad is letting me drive their station-wagon !"
      You see, THAT would be a "yes"! But, when it was said in the near proximity of parents, clergy, and/or teachers.....we simply took the "Fu", off of it.....and merely said..."'ckin "A" !"; and that meant exactly the same thing !
     "You're fuckin' "A" right, buddy !" 
     "Fuckin' "A", man.....you said it !"
     And that's how it would go. However.....when one was in the presence of an adult.....it went like, You're ckin' "A" right, buddy !"
     "ckin' "A", man.....you said it !"
     We really laughed at that, for a long time.
     I remember one time.....about 5 or 6 years, ago.....that she called me on the telephone.....and she said..."Hello, Dave?"
     And I answered, "Yes, Mom ?"
     And her answer was basically an order. She simply said..."David.....", (she called me, "David", instead of, "Dave".....whenever she thought that what she was saying was important !)....."don't call me over the weekend, I'm going to Ventura with Bill because he's in a golf tournament."
     So, I said..."Okay...have fun !"...and that, was THAT! And I spent the entire weekend, purposely reminding myself NOT to call my Mother.
     Well.....come along 10:00 p.m., on the following Sunday.....the telephone rings..."bbrrrrrrrinnnngggg !"
     "Hello ?"
     And my Mom said..."Did you try to call ?"
     And I said, "Of course not ! You, yourself.....told me NOT to !
     And after the shtict, and drama speech about respecting one's elders, I asked how the trip had gone...and had Bill won anything.
     So, it was then.....that my Mom started speaking in some sort of "code". This is what the conversation went, like.
     "Did Bill win, anything ?"
     "No."
     "Awwgh.....that's too bad."
     "What is ?"
     "That he didn't win."
     "Oh.....but, he DID !"
     "Did what ?"
     "Win, silly !"
     "Well, what did he win ?"
     "He won.....ME !"
     "Mom.....what on earth are you talking about ?"
     "I'm talkin' about Bill winning."
     "But, Mom.....you just said that Bill didn't win anything, playin' golf in Ventura !"
     And this is where she just came out and said it....."Da-VID ! You're not paying attention ! Either that, or you're not listening to me ! What's so hard about it ?  We didn't go to Ventura.....we went to Las Vegas, and Bill and I got married !!!!!"
     I was totally SHOCKED ! I couldn't believe my ears !.....and I said, "Mom.....do you mean to say, that you went to Las Vegas where my daughter lives with both of my grand-children, went and married Bill, and I could've gone and even been a witness to the proceedings, and could've got to visit with my daughter and my grandkids !?! And you didn't even think to invite ME ?"
     "Mom.....do you mean to tell me, that you and Bill.....ELOPED !?"
     And she said..."'ckin' "A" !"
     Think about that ! Some twenty-five plus years later.....and my Mom had finally said to me, (in so many words)..."Fuckin' "A"!"
     Boy freakin' howdy.....now, just how funny is THAT ? She really IS, a "keeper", don't ya think ?
     "You're fuckin' "A" right, man ! You're fuckin' "A" right !"