lo's laundry adventures OR reason # 712834 why i adore my mother

so while the fiance was away for the past few days, i decided to venture the hour north to visit my mom and stepfather. its always relaxing to go there for a multitude of reasons. usually, i end up there to do laundry instead of feeding the shitty machines in the basement of our building.
so anyway, on monday morning i was folding some laundry. i was the only one in the house as my mother was at work and the stepfather was in the garage with the step-grandfatherkindof. step-grandfatherkindof is also referred to as lucifer because he is a devious little frenchman whose english isn't that great but he knows how to say "sit on my lap" to both my sister and i. we usually just laugh it off and then run out of the room. anyway, during the course of my laundry the phone rang twice. the first time, i picked it up, said hello a few times and then hung it back up because there was no answer from the other end. i thought nothing of it. a while later, the phone rang again. story goes the same, EXCEPT for after i said hello the 3rd time, someone answered with what i can only describe as a if.i.don't.find.a.restroom.soon.i.will.shit.the.pants GRUNT. i was taken aback, but hung the phone up and laughed it off, thinking nothing of it.
when my mom got home, i told her about it and asked who in the world would call and grunt into the phone. her reply, "step-grandfatherkindof's girlfriend." she then went on to tell me that this woman doesn't speak english very well, which is all cool with me because its not her first language. the mom also informed me that the woman doesn't necessarily fire on all cylinders AND she has a drinking problem. at this point all i could think of was, wow three strikes and you're out. anywho, i said to my mother, "so does she have trouble talking because of the alcohol OR because she's just not all there?" my mother's deadpan response......"yes."