Pregnant AGAIN?!
About 51 years ago, my wife and I decided to take a West Coast vacation from our home in Minnesota. We had been married for about one year.
Two days before we were scheduled to leave, my wife said she had a bit of a stomachache and was feeling nauseous. We made a quick trip to the doctor’s office. Imagine our surprise when her tests came back positive for pregnancy.
Because she was so early in the pregnancy, we decided to go anyway. Our trip took us to Eureka and dinner at Lazio’s on the waterfront. During the meal, our waiter stopped by to chat a bit, and we told him we were from Minnesota and that we had planned to have driven to Alaska, but my wife turned out to be pregnant, so we shortened our trip.
The waiter, in a voice loud enough to be heard throughout the restaurant, blurted out, “Knocked her up, hunh?”
Fast forward 10 years to the month. We were again in Eureka and again dining at Lazio’s. Again, my wife was pregnant and we had the same waiter. This is no lie — he looked at the two of us, recognition showed on his face and in a voice as loud as a bullhorn, he blurted out, “DID YOU KNOCK HER UP AGAIN?!”
’Tis true, ’tis true, ’tis true. And we enjoyed our meal ON THE HOUSE.
David Vuicich of Virginia, Minnesota, posted this fond memory on the Humboldt County History Facebook page in December.
