By Katy Gomes
Special to The Advertiser
Now you can get a little reward for seeing the lighter side of life.
Send your humorous story about family life to Fun House, and you’ll automatically be entered in our yearlong contest.
Has your child said something hilarious? Do you have a funny story about your spouse or other family members? The best Fun House anecdotes of 2001 will be reprinted in the ‘Ohana section after the end of the year, and the winners will receive Honolulu Advertiser logo items. If you have a true, humorous, unpublished short story about your family or a family-related topic, send it with your name, city and telephone number to: Fun House, ‘Ohana Section, The Honolulu Advertiser, P.O. Box 3110, Honolulu, HI 96802; e-mail ohana@honoluluadvertiser.com or fax 535-8170. Enter as often as you like. Preference is given to stories 200 words in length or less.
Here’s this week’s top entry.
On the day of my niece’s wedding, nearly a dozen women in our family got ready in a single hotel room. It was hot and stuffy, so we grabbed any elastic and "scrunchie" we could find to tie up our hair while we rushed around getting ready.
Several hours later at the wedding reception, it was time for the garter toss. The bride turned to her mother and asked for the garter. Her mother was supposed to be holding the garter, which was in baby-blue satin and had a $50 bill tucked inside. But when she looked in her purse, it was gone.
A frantic search ensued. And then someone noticed that one of the cousins still had her hair tied up in a new baby-blue satin scrunchie. She never even noticed the cash pinned in the lace!
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