When I first told my Mom we were going to homeschool, she asked me, very honestly concerned, if we were communists. She probably would have had a heart attack right there on the spot if I had answered "Yes"
Once in college I told her my political leanings were towards communism, she said "Just promise me you won't move to Russia." I love my Mom, but sometimes the things she says make me choke from trying not to laugh at her!