Well, quite a lot of fuss. If I didn't know better, I'd think we were dangerous.

Mal ,'Bushwhacked'


Natter 52: Playing with a full deck?  

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.


tommyrot - Jul 13, 2007 5:27:20 am PDT #7963 of 10001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.

Do they still make those Mr. Yuck stickers?

Mr. Yuck is mean
Mr. Yuck is green
Home is full of bad things that can hurt you very much....


Allyson - Jul 13, 2007 5:31:23 am PDT #7964 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

I think those babies are in good, safe hands. A lot of hands.


P.M. Marc - Jul 13, 2007 5:33:57 am PDT #7965 of 10001
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear

I'm not a mother, but I think the mothers have a point. Those babies will move from "ooh, cute little creature tied up with tubes and monitors" to OMGWFTStabbyElectricOutletChemicalsUndertheSink faster than you think.

Yeah, but by that point, you're no longer bathing them in the sink.

Noah's so cute. Love his ginormous fluffbutt there!


Ginger - Jul 13, 2007 5:38:18 am PDT #7966 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

I'm know those babies are in very good hands, paperdol, and I know Grace and Noah have a wonderful Auntie A. I just see the virtues of well developed parental paranoia, plus it takes a board to raise a child.


lori - Jul 13, 2007 5:45:11 am PDT #7967 of 10001

We've got plenty of paranoia, thank you very much. Don't really need much encouragement on that front.


Cashmere - Jul 13, 2007 5:52:36 am PDT #7968 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

Love his ginormous fluffbutt there!

I totally love that, too!

We've got plenty of paranoia, thank you very much.

Yeah--that's the downside to the parent gig. You guys have enough to worry about until the wee ones get mobile.


lisah - Jul 13, 2007 5:53:39 am PDT #7969 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

In other twin news, I brought my old dog Frank (the most patient with toddlers dog ever) over to see BFF's 16-month old twins the other night. They are developing on very stereotypical gender lines (he's more physically adept and she's more verbal). This is how it went:

Jack (practically vibrating with excitment out of his little seat): A DOG A DOG A DOG

Zoe (pointing and speaking in a conversational tone): There is the dog. Now he is going over there. Is he under the table? Why, yes, he is under the table. (really for the most part she only says the word 'dog' clearly but her sentence structure and tone are exactly right)

Jack: A DOG A DOG A DOG

Zoe: Where did the dog go now? Is the dog walking down the hall? Ah, here is the dog again. Do you see the dog?


Kat - Jul 13, 2007 5:54:49 am PDT #7970 of 10001
"I keep to a strict diet of ill-advised enthusiasm and heartfelt regret." Leigh Bardugo

it takes a board to raise a child.

This isn't aimed at Ginger, just at the whole village to raise a child thing. Here's the problem with that, there' sonly one child who gets raised so all of the other kids have to go find their own damn village. I think that all of the time at school where we have a banner that says that.


Cashmere - Jul 13, 2007 5:58:00 am PDT #7971 of 10001
Now tagless for your comfort.

My kids are currently being raised by Blue's Clues. Good luck with that, Joe.

Now, I get my fluffybutt dressed so we can run errands, else the boy won't get to start preschool in the fall.


Topic!Cindy - Jul 13, 2007 5:58:59 am PDT #7972 of 10001
What is even happening?

I think those babies are in good, safe hands. A lot of hands.

Yes, you're right, and that's what I meant to convey when I said Noah already has his share, but I forgot "his" which just left the sentence dumb.

We've got plenty of paranoia, thank you very much. Don't really need much encouragement on that front.

I'm sorry.