The Chinaman

The other day, as my mom and I were pulling out of the driveway to go shopping, she looked over at the front of the house and commented, "Oh, I see you put that little Chinaman out in front."

I laughed and said, "Mom, that's not a Chinaman. That's Buddah!"

"Oh, is that supposed to be good luck or something?" she wondered.

I thought for a moment about explaining to her who Buddah was, and how the term "Chinaman" is not PC, but thought otherwise. All I could get out was, "Uh huh."

Somethings are just not worth getting into.