I still stumble over referring to my parents as Grandma and Grandpa to the nephews. But once when I called Dad Dad, D got all indignant. "That's not dad, that Grandpa!"
Riley: Maybe I should just let you rest. Buffy: You sure? I bet if you just lay down with me- Riley: Nothing you are about to say will lead to rest.
'Lessons'
Natter 64: Yes, we still need you
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.
sarameg - Dec 29, 2009 3:13:26 pm PST #27996 of 30001
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2009 3:14:39 pm PST #27997 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Yeah, it seems weird to say "my mom" when talking to my kids and nieces and nephews. Those times she's Grandma Enie. (Eanie? Short for Enid.)
xpost with sarameg
billytea - Dec 29, 2009 3:21:05 pm PST #27998 of 30001
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
When I was about six, my brothers and I decided to call our parents M and D. And occasionally Ma and Pa Kettle.
I call Wallybee Sweetie most of the time, and occasionally Baobei (Chinese, more or less, for "My Precious". And now I'm curious to see LotR dubbed in Mandarin.)
tommyrot - Dec 29, 2009 3:23:45 pm PST #27999 of 30001
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Ooh. One day only sale:
The Complete Monty Python's 16 Ton Megaset: Flying Circus (1982)
65% off! Only $34.99
New for 2005, The Complete Monty Python's Flying Circus 16-Ton Megaset packs together the original 14-DVD megaset with the two-disc Monty Python Live in space-saving Thinpaks. While more cautious fans may want to pick and choose among the previously released individual volumes of Monty Python for their collection, true Pythonites will want to own this definitive megaset that contains all 45 episodes (in chronological order) of Monty Python's Flying Circus.
sarameg - Dec 29, 2009 3:28:20 pm PST #28000 of 30001
I called my parents by their first names until kinder.
shrift - Dec 29, 2009 3:28:26 pm PST #28001 of 30001
"You can't put a price on the joy of not giving a shit." -Zenkitty
I have been to the store and purchased wine that I will bring to a New Year's Eve party. Now I need to make chili and freeze most of it so I'll have something to eat when I get back, and pack my bag.
Getting out of bed is the first step.
DebetEsse - Dec 29, 2009 3:33:03 pm PST #28002 of 30001
Woe to the fucking wicked.
And that went into my cart with my textbook.
eta: Re: the Python mega-set
dcp - Dec 29, 2009 3:37:54 pm PST #28003 of 30001
The more I learn, the more I realize how little I know.
Somehow I managed to get a paper cut on the outside of my left little fingertip today. I put a band-aid around it, but it still stings.
I'm trying to send out my Christmas thank-you notes. Typing the addresses to print on the labels is not supposed to be more painful than composing the notes themselves.
Jessica - Dec 29, 2009 3:41:50 pm PST #28004 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I refer to Ethan as either "Ethan" or "my husband" at work, depending on who I'm talking to and whether or not they'll know that "Ethan" refers to my husband. (Though I also frequently come thisclose to saying "DH" out loud.)
Jessica - Dec 29, 2009 3:42:53 pm PST #28005 of 30001
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
And wow, this hotel has the slowest internet in the world. I think they may have hooked up their wifi routers to a dial-up modem...