Mom Really Funny Today

KENSINGTON, MD—Local teens James Ripley, 17, and David Ripley, 14, expressed surprise today when their mother, 47-year-old Cynthia Ripley legitimately made them laugh on several occasions within a 24-hour span. “I didn’t know Mom could be funny.” said James, who described his mother’s usual attempts at humor as “not funny.” “When she was on the phone with Aunt Linda [Generro], she was making all these hilarious ’I’m crazy’ faces, and when Dad dropped the remote she was like ’smooth move, George Clooney.’ She was really funny.” The matriarch’s comedic run will reportedly end during dinner, when she picks up the salad tongs and pretends to play them like a guitar.