Miracleman in Bitches:

Emeline is at the "I want" stage. But, you know...she's two and some odd, and sometimes her words are not so clear, so I've fallen into the habit of repeating what she said back to make sure I got it. This often leads to exchanges similar to this:

"I wanna waffew."

"You want a waffle?"

"No."

"What do you want?"

"Waffew."

"Waffle?"

"No."

"I don't understand."

Then she'll heave a heavy put-upon sigh and go to the freezer and fetch a waffle, all the while looking at me like "Idiot. It's pronounced 'waffew'."

In Natter:

Allyson:

When someone who knows I'm a Jew wishes me a happy easter, I'm just going to say, "you're welcome."

Miracleman:

BWAHAHAHAHAAAA!!!

"You killed our Lord and Savior!"

"And what did he do then? He rose from the dead and became the foundation of your religion. So what do we say...?"

"*mumble*thankyouforkillingourlordandsavior*mumble*"

"You're welcome. Here, have some candy shaped like a pagan fertility symbol."

Allyson reminds me I did not switch to my usual, Judas-themed tag for Easter this year.

Hec on his daughter:

Matilda has inherited her mother's fondness for baby toes, and conveniently Matilda comes equipped with them at the end of her own feet. She's been munching on them all week. If I could get her a basket of chocolate feet I would. When I was taking a bath with her the other day she spotted my big toe and her eyes went wide like a hunter spotting a sixteen point buck.

In Bitches:

Erin:

If I ever got married, I would not elope, because I have gone to too many other weddings. Plus, I would want the fancy dress and underwear. And towels. I want showers, and towels. No strippers. Just fluffy, matching towels.

I really don't want a husband. Just the dress, party....and towels.

-t:

I am now picturing Erin's monogrammed towels "Hers" and "Also Hers" and "There is only Her" and "Who the Fuck do you think this belongs to?"

tommyrot:

I am picturing strippers bringing towels to Erin: "Here you go, ma'am. I can take my clothes off if you like."

And then Erin says, "No, that's OK. Go get some more towels."

Erin:

I never thought about monograms, but at least now y'all know what I want on my towels if I ever would get married.

(He can use all the old towels.)

aurelia, in b'crazy. funny 'cause it's so, so true.

I don't see how we can concense on not voting without voting on that. It's bureaucracy, but it's our bureaucracy.

From Bitches:

Daisy: It's also not the sad drinking alone if you are in the bath, primping to go out (or stay in), relaxing after a crap day or watching a sport.

MM: What about staring unseeing at the television?

Daisy: That's between you and the despairing howly voice in your head.

COMMing the wife is always a dicey proposition but really it seems worthy...

JZ: I still can't believe that two years ago she didn't exist, a year ago there was just a possible person, and now there's a full entire human, all known and mysterious, made out of sex and a handful of cells. Humans are so improbable, really.

Cass: I can hear "Sounds of Silence" blaring through the walls. At 2 a.m.

Neighbors have discovered irony.

Kat in Natter:

Good plan? Narcotics and Cupcakes.

Bad plan? Narcotics and Cupcakes then trimming one's bangs.