"they keep those letters in the barn"

so we're going apple picking tomorrow. we're going to Keown Orchard, which I used to always bring my RISD residents to, but my parents have never been to it.

as usual, Mum is calling it "McCouns Orchard" instead of Keown Orchard. When I correct her, she laughs and Dad says "well it should be Macouns, why the hell isn't it?"

"I don't know dad, why don't you ask them tomorrow?"

dad says "I'm going to. I'm going to say 'where is you M.C.?' and they will say Barnstable,... Barnstable, MA. And that's where they keep the M and C. The M's are in the barn and the C's are in the stable."

ok.

currently he is yelling about "corn juice" on the stove.