Nobody knows but the cops

Whenever I would ask my dad a question that he didn't know the answer to when I was little he would tell me "nobody knows but the cops". As you can imagine, I heard this a lot and because I heard this for so long I really thought that the cops knew everything. I never knew why he said this until one day I got smart enough to ask and it turns out his cousin Jack used to always say that to him when he was little. He just looked at me like "sorry! I know I fed you a bunch of bologna for so many years but you were asking questions that had no answer!"

It reminded me of all the things you pass on from one generation to the next without ever realizing how symbolic they are. My mom always called my brother and I mommie. I got so confused because she was the mom! Later I realized that it is a term on endearment that a lot of ethnic groups use. I also have an Aunt Teresa, who I never knew until I was beyond the age of "should have known" that she really isn't related to me at all. She is just a very good family friend who my parents thought I should call Aunt.

I guess what does it really matter if your kids are your mommies and your friends are your aunts and nobody knows but the cops. Maybe the world would be a nicer place if that was really true.

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