I've been using that as the source of my tagline for a few days now.
Yep, I see that now. I hadn't read the McSweeny's thing until today. Did you already post the link to it?
Ben: I didn't ask for any of this. I just want to be normal. Gronx: I wanted to be an underwear model. We play the hand we're dealt.
'Touched'
Natter .44 Magnum: Do You Feel Chatty, Punk?
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Calli - May 08, 2006 10:54:25 am PDT #6104 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
DawnK - May 08, 2006 10:57:10 am PDT #6105 of 10002
giraffe mode
Do you ever screw up and do it yourself?
Yup, although I'm pretty consistant in calling the kids the wrong names so they are used to it. At least I haven't done what my mom did and call either one of them by the dogs name (yet!)
Trudy Booth - May 08, 2006 11:00:55 am PDT #6106 of 10002
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
My Grandmother had eight children and a dozen grandchildren. Whe she got worked up she'd just start yelling names.
When she got to "SHEP!" we all just came running.
Tom Scola - May 08, 2006 11:03:22 am PDT #6107 of 10002
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Did you already post the link to it?
Nope.
DawnK - May 08, 2006 11:07:08 am PDT #6108 of 10002
giraffe mode
When she got to "SHEP!" we all just came running
HA! With that many kids, I'd just be pointing and saying "you".
My grandfather always called me by my aunt's name and then had to correct himself, my mom called both us kids the wrong names (and the dog's!) I have to think about who I'm talking to sometimes to get the right name. I'm thinking it has to be genetic (or I'm slowly losing it!)
Calli - May 08, 2006 11:10:25 am PDT #6109 of 10002
I must obey the inscrutable exhortations of my soul—Calvin and Hobbs
I've gotten so used to answering to my sister's name, that when she's actually around I have to sort of check myself.
DawnK - May 08, 2006 11:15:53 am PDT #6110 of 10002
giraffe mode
I've gotten so used to answering to my sister's name, that when she's actually around I have to sort of check myself.
My brother and I do that, too. Whichever kid is nearest to Mom, answers. It's easier now that he's living in the UK, I don't have to look around to see if he's there.
Kathy A - May 08, 2006 11:21:46 am PDT #6111 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
My Grandmother had eight children and a dozen grandchildren. Whe she got worked up she'd just start yelling names.
My Gramma had 24 grandchildren, many of whom were born in bunches. So, when she called our house and got my brother, she'd go through the list of boy cousins who were born in within a few years of him: "Hi, Pat, Tim, Jim, Joe, John, Kip..." "That's me, Gramma!"
DawnK - May 08, 2006 11:28:45 am PDT #6112 of 10002
giraffe mode
Kathy, that's so funny! I'd be sunk trying to remember 24 names, I have a hard time with 2.
Kathy A - May 08, 2006 11:33:41 am PDT #6113 of 10002
We're very stretchy. - Connie Neil
I have to consult with my mom to get all of the cousins' kids names right. Not everyone has had kids, of course, but two of them have five each, and with all the other kids, I'm lost.