Neighbors Who Annoyed Us
This friendly neighbor robbed paperboy Pete of $51.20 while he was selling Christmas Calendars
Who is Kevin Mouzon?
These are the months during which the door to the basement stairs should remain closed.
What are "the fall, winter months"?
This pet was thrown outside one winter when it jumped onto the table during a spaghetti dinner. (We never heard from her again).
Who was "Trike" the kitten.
This was the type of fuel used in an indoor heater that turned all our mucous black.
What is kerosene?
This was the color and Model of Paul's first tenspeed.
What is a green Schwinn?
This neighbor ran over Julie with her bike, after Julie had tripped on the road.
Who is Karen Brugler?
The amount of money that dad always seemed to say "it happened to cost me. . ."
What is "a coupla bucks"?
This german shepherd was once the Truelson's, then the Bolam's
Who was "Dusty"?
This fractured bone at Hillary Drive caused Grandpa Granath to yell at Pat for accidentally running into David.
What is the wrist-bone?
This vehicle famously leaked noxious fumes inside the passenger area during a family vacation.
Who is "the Kingswood Estate"?
These were the two neighborhood boys' names that were heard being yelled from down the street every dinnertime on Hillary Drive.
Who are "Gabriel" and "Nathaniel"?
Another word for "resistance" or "unwanted feedback" from his teenage children , this word was something that Dad did not want anyone to give him.
What is "flack"? (We would also have accepted: What is "lip"?)
This family parakeet could say: "Hello Paul, Hello Pete, Hello Davey-Pat. Hello Ma. Hello Pa."
Who was "Chipper"?
This was the device into which Peter inexplicably spit after a Boyscout troop meeting at St. Pius, prompting a good lickin'.
What is a "public telephone"?
This was the state in which the transmission to the Astrovan finally called it quits.
What is Texas?
These former neighbors owned a split-level house down the street, now currently the home of a rabid dog that attacked Dad two years ago.
Who are the Bolams?
Photo Jeopardy!!!!
Location
This was one of Patrick's favorite chickens, whom dad may or may not have killed and served at dinner
Who was Bar-Rock?
These two amateur woodworkers both sliced off partial fingertips using a router.
Who are "Peter" and "Dad"?
This was the make and model of the first car ever flipped by a Yehl.
What is the "Chevy Citation"?
This grumpy former-European yelled everytime a kickball hit his pine tree. And now, thanks to his son, his pine trees are just jagged stumps of rotted wood.
Who was Helmut Boeger?
These were the words proclaimed by Dad just before he dove, head-first, into a 4-foot above-ground swimming pool.
What is "Here. . . Comes. . . Flipper"?
This part of Paul's body was bitten by a rabid gerbil that had escaped from his cage and hidden downstairs in the basement.
What is "the index finger"?
This is the variety of fruit tree made famous in two distinct ways: Julie fell out of one at Grandpa Yehl's house, and David tried to heave Dad's old bike out of one behind the shed.
What is a "Cherry Tree"?
This is the make and model of the first Yehl Car ever to have a hole cut into its dashboard for a hi-fi stereo system, compliments of Paul.
What is the "Chevy Monza"?