Have any of y'all ever had some random DISTANT memory sparked by a totally (seemingly) unrelated blog?

I did a blog yesterday about the "Loud 'N Clear" commercial - it seemed to spark a memory with NorthTX that was funny - then TI made a comment about a hearing mechanism thing in hearing aids that sparked a memory with ME that I wanted to share...

My step-dad is a purple heart from the Korean War after he was hit by a frag grenade...  Needless to say, he also lost his hearing.  He has been through several hearing aids - as technology grew, he would have new ones fitted for him.

When my sister and I were teens (I was prob. 15, my sister prob. 13) I lived with my mom and step-dad, my sister lived with my dad and step-mom.  Since I only saw my sister on the weekends - we really made the best of it.  One of our favorite things to do .... was to all be at the dinner table - and my sister and I would start "mouthing" words to each other - as if we were having a silent conversation.  We would throw our heads back as if we were laughing, continue to mouth words - but in reality we would never make a sound...  Then (it happened EVERY time), my step-dad would turn up the volume on his hearing aid (it made a loud "squeal" when he turned it up).  As he would turn it up little by little - we would continue our "fake conversation" until the "squeal" from his hearing aids got to it's highest pitch (that meant it was all the way up).  We would then carry on our conversation in NORMAL (maybe a little louder than normal sometimes.. hehehe) volume - and sure enough, my step-dad would yell "GAWD D****IT!!" and rush to turn his hearing aids down again...  He laughed every time - after it was over, because he fell for it  every time - and my mom would regularly spit her food out laughing - because she would be at the table and see it coming...

HAHAHAHA!

Then - shortly after that (I guess I was around 22-ish), my step-dad "upgraded" his hearing aids to ones that had a remote control (it looked like a key-fob - like the ones for your car or something).  Which made life even MORE fun - as we would swipe his remote at random and turn it all the way down... then wait as he looked for the remote, and turn it all the way back up... HAHAHAHA!

I am sure glad he had a sense of humor - and he played his fair share of jokes on us, too - but it was all in fun.  Now - when I tell him they make ones that will auto-turn down...  He is SOOooo gonna be p*ssed that he endured such torture with his ancient ones! 

Anyway - cracked me up to think of that story - so I wanted to share, and see if anyone else has these random distant memories sparked by a blog...  THAT is fun....  of course I am over here just laughing all to myself....  HAHAHAHA!