“I call it Dan,” my father said.
“Why do you call your pet quail Dan?” I asked.
“Dan Quayle,” he said. “Get it?”
“No,” I answered. “Who’s Dan Quayle?”
“He was George Bush’s Vice President,” he answered.
“I thought that was Dick Cheney,” I said.
“No,” he said. “The first Bush’s Vice President. Remember when he screwed up the spelling of ‘potato’ as a judge at a spelling bee?”
“No,” I said.
“What about when he got in trouble for being critical of Murphy Brown as a single, working mother on TV?”
“Who’s Murphy Brown?” I asked.
“Forget it,” he said.
(100 words)
Written for this week’s Friday Fictioneers prompt from Rochelle Wisoff-Fields. Photo credit: Jean L. Hays.
This, That, and the Other 
I go through this at work all the time.
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Generation gap.
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Several generations at times
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Ha ha – made me laugh out loud.
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I had to, I’m afraid go to YouTube, to understand the incidents. Well done, Sensei.
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I don’t know how old you are, Sight, but Dan Quayle may have been the American VP before you were even born or when you were very young.
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Mid 20’s…So yeah young.. Toddler..
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Murphy Brown is coming back to TV this fall stil starring THE SAME PEOPLE!
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I heard that. I hope they’ve aged better than I have.
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A great laugh this afternoon! 👍🏻
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The great “potatoe” incident… LOL!
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Exactly!
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