By Jack Brummet, Curran Ed.
After the accident, our family spent a lot of time over the last eight days remembering Pete, and sorting out and honoring his legacy. Over the last few years, Pete's tendency to coin phrases and nicknames has been in full bloom. My sister in laws Marcy and
Betsey Curran and my niece (and goddaughter and birthday mate) Melanie came up with this partial list of Peteisms. It could probably double in size if we put our minds to it, since he was constantly evolving and tweaking and concatenating them. But here are a handful of Pete's stock phrases. I have to admit that my personal favorite is the one he would often haul out when we took him to his beloved local--Mama Stortinis. He would tell the person he was engaging (and he engaged everyone--puppies, little kids, and especially women between the ages of 20 and 80) "I just got out of jail."
Bring on the girls
Pete with one of his favorite partners, David Hokit
Perry Mason Pete, sometime between 1965 and 1970
Leisure suit Pete, 1979
Pete, holding either Keelin or Colin, mid 50's
Most of us, on one of our many annual family reunions.
Pete at 13 coins in March, 2014 (photo by Megan Curran)
Pete with my children Claire and Colum
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