We have been known to say loudly in front of ours, "Do we really need TWO children?" Then they start bargaining over which one goes. Lately my son points out that our daughter is already written out of the will, and besides she's going to need college money soon.
Wash: I mean, I'm the one she swore to love, honor and obey. Mal: Listen... She swore to obey? Wash: Well, no, not...
'War Stories'
The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax
[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2007 7:37:34 am PST #2772 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Kevin - Jan 04, 2007 7:38:52 am PST #2773 of 10001
Never fall in love with somebody you actually love.
This would make a funny, wacky Drive plot line.
Jesse - Jan 04, 2007 7:40:23 am PST #2774 of 10001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
I have this fantasy that Kat and Lori run into self-involved actress and take those two kids, too. Kat uses her knitting needles to make a point and Lori sets up the Mars arm thing to keep SAG member pinned while the two kids are rescued.
That is brilliant. They should definitely use that strategy for something.
Kat - Jan 04, 2007 7:40:56 am PST #2775 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
Tim, if I spent all of my time rescuing children from self-involved adults, let alone self-involved holllywood types, it would be a full time superhero job. It might even have a terrible pay rate and be called something like "teacher." But it's a good fantasy nevertheless.
Lori has been saying that with twins we are single-fault tolerant and one is a flight hardware and the other is flight-spare.
Kat - Jan 04, 2007 7:42:23 am PST #2776 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
And, allyson thinks of the twins a hekyll and jekyll (is that spelled correctly?) and I can foresee a halloween when ita makes them dress up as Thing 1 and Thing 2.
It might be a hard thing to be a twin in our social world.
Betsy HP - Jan 04, 2007 7:42:42 am PST #2777 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
Snerk. But that's terrible! It means that one of them is stuck staying on Earth!
DavidS - Jan 04, 2007 7:43:33 am PST #2778 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Lori has been saying that with twins we are single-fault tolerant and one is a flight hardware and the other is flight-spare.
It's good to have an engineer in the house.
Especially one that can build you the extra arms you'll need for twins.
Kat - Jan 04, 2007 7:43:49 am PST #2779 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo
HA, Betsy! it is terrible. But given the problems NASA has with manned space flight, maybe the flight-spare is the lucky one.
sarameg - Jan 04, 2007 7:44:26 am PST #2780 of 10001
These will be very snarkily dressed children, I suspect.
amych - Jan 04, 2007 7:45:15 am PST #2781 of 10001
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Especially one that can build you the extra arms you'll need for twins.
Huh -- it's too bad about the price tag on those rover things, because now that you mention it I can envision a very lucrative robo-nanny market.