My nephew has been taught to say "That's a joke, son," after he tells a knock-knock joke. Often he screws up the punchline, but the "That's a joke, son" bit redeems it.
So my brother's turning him into Foghorn Leghorn, basically.
I approve.
Mal: How come you didn't turn on me, Jayne? Jayne: Money wasn't good enough. Mal: What happens when it is? Jayne: Well... that'll be an interesting day.
'Serenity'
Natter 48 Contiguous States of Denial
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.
Strega - Dec 25, 2006 6:01:34 pm PST #8034 of 10007
tommyrot - Dec 25, 2006 6:08:05 pm PST #8035 of 10007
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Oh, I totally forgot to mention it - Max (my oldest son, who will turn nine in a few months) has been described as "mathematically gifted" by his teacher. Both his momies are amazed at his ability to calculate store discount percentages in his head.
Aww - he takes after his dad....
sarameg - Dec 25, 2006 6:14:57 pm PST #8036 of 10007
I (ok, we) fed Kat and lori Christmas dinner. AWESOME CHRISTMAS.
Leftover luminarias (all of them, these are hardy candles) were lit by me, dad and lori and it is very pretty outside my parents' house right now.
And now I'm very sleepy and people are crashing left and right. My dad and I will probably be the last to fall.
Strega - Dec 25, 2006 6:16:49 pm PST #8037 of 10007
Aw. Next year you should put him to work helping shoppers. He could take home a percentage of what he saves his clients!
Not that I'm in favor of child labor. But, um, it'd be great ...math practice... yeah, that's it!
Trudy Booth - Dec 25, 2006 6:42:55 pm PST #8038 of 10007
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
Max is NINE?!?!?!?!
I remember when he was private time behind a Cracker Barrel.
Well, maybe I remember when he was two and his brother was private time...
Dude. When did all that happen?
sarameg - Dec 25, 2006 6:46:34 pm PST #8039 of 10007
I think I gained 48657137 pounds. Send help.
Sorry, all I have is a lot of ham. And cranberry relish because I forgot (after all that drama to find cranberries) to get it out of the fridge. Which I remembered just now.
Sheesh.
Lee - Dec 25, 2006 6:54:16 pm PST #8040 of 10007
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
Am I the only one who didn't know Tommyrot had sons?
I don't want to go to work tomorrow.
Hayden - Dec 25, 2006 7:15:07 pm PST #8041 of 10007
aka "The artist formerly known as Corwood Industries."
Merry Holidays, Buffistas!
Traveling with a toddler means that what used to be a one-day trip to Alabama now takes three. We spent last night a my brother-in-law's new place, which is in an utterly ordinary-looking suburban neighborhood that happens to be 20 minutes down a windy, narrow road, past a bunch of goat farms that obviously used to be the end of the road, off an exit 20 minutes north of Birmingham. It's suburbia meets the middle of nowhere. Tonight and tomorrow, we're in Tuscaloosa, then we head to my parents' place, also in the middle of nowhere about an hour west of Dothan and 45 minutes north of Panama City Beach.
I think my Christmas wish for next year is that all our relatives move into the same house about 3 hours away from Austin, but never visit.
SuziQ - Dec 25, 2006 7:18:12 pm PST #8042 of 10007
Back tattoos of the mother is that you are absolutely right - Ame
Lee - I read that with surprise too. Tommyrot - fill us in.
meara - Dec 25, 2006 7:20:20 pm PST #8043 of 10007
His sister and her partner have two children that he fathered, is the story I recall....