Cokes! Cokes! Cokes! ........ What?....... I said Cokes!

My husband and I just arrived home from a trip to Arizona. This trip was made to help his family work on remodeling the inside of a home into a new church building. Construction is tiring and most of us last week had our own forms of coping with the long hours and the sometimes monotonous work. I even picked up somewhat of an addiction myself to help get me through the day, but that story will be included in my next post. My father in law Mr. Byerly is loyal to only one form of soda, he is loyal to Coca-Cola and Coca- Cola alone, none other can suffice. Mr. Byerly prefers his Coca-Cola on ice and straight from the fountain. What! Pepsi you say? Nooooo Mr. Byerly laughs in the face of Pepsi scoffs at it even. Please see below for an example of his dislike just so you know this is one of Mr. Byerly's favorite jokes and I just substituted his name into it, he might like to say the below but would never lol.

WAITRESS: Mr. Byerly we don't carry Coca-Cola, is Pepsi alright Sir?

MR. BYERLY:Pepsi huh? ALL YOU HAVE IS PEPSI!!!

WAITRESS: Yes Sir will that be alright?

MR. BYERLY: Will paying tonights bill with MONOPOLY MONEY be alright!

WAITRESS: How about we just get you some water.

MR. BYERLY: Is it bottled?


You see, Mr. Byerly is loyal to Coca-Cola in the utmost ...... as well as bottled water, but that is another issue all together. Mr. Byerly actually prefers to call Coca-Cola by the shorter nickname Coke. During our time at the construction site we had multiple instances of having to run out and get some supplies. Right before one of these runs to Home Depot or Ace Hardware we heard a strange and foreign cry from another room. This is what we heard "Gooks Gooks Gooks!". In response my mother in law Sharon, my sister in law Joycelin, and I searched out the sound and found Mr. Byerly at the end of this strange yodle, and because we did not understand his strange choice of words we asked him what he meant by "Gooks Gooks Gooks" and he responded more clearly this time "I said Cokes, get us Cokes while your out!". I joked about this that day and said that he had developed some form of Tourettes Syndrome that causes him to shout out the word Cokes when he can no longer cope with us. Poor guy he is just trying to survive just like the rest of us. Mr. Byerly needs Cokes just like some of us need gum, hard candy,Mountain Dew, 5 Hour Energy, Emergen C (That one is my mother in laws), or Coffee...... Gross awful coffee that we never touch, that we hate, that bitter nastiness that leaves your mouth feeling dirty the stuff you would never touch unless you were working construction for a week with your family..... Oh the shame!