random conversations

Sitting here with Foggi trying to decide what we were going to have for dinner we heard the ice cream truck passing by. Here is the conversation in its entirety.

Foggi: "We could have ice cream."
Espy: "Do you have any money?"
Foggi: "Nope"
Espy: "No ice cream then."
Foggi: "We could hold up the ice cream truck; I have a sword."
Espy: "I have a sword."
*Both dissolve into hysterical laughter*

Does Mrs. Espy fit right in with the family "randomness" or does she sit to the side and shake her head?

:)

Reminds me of Aladdin:

"He's got a sword!"

"You idiot, we all have swords!"

lol.

This is something that happened just now. I came on the HE page and screamed, I don't know why I did it, not at that volume:

Me: AAAAAAAAAAAAH! Voldemort! Run for your lives!!!

My co-worker Alex: OH my God! Get the hell out of here! Save you selves! Valla con dios! Oh, oh. Some one give this girl a snicker bar! Fast!

Me: mmmm! (smacking my lips, which of course reminds me of Hanibal Lecter so I add) "I ate his liver with faba beans and a nice chianti".

and because it all comes back to The Silence of the Lambs quotes we recite together:

I'm pretty sure Ms. Espy knows what she was getting into, right?

No, that's not what we said, I lost my train of thought. We said:

"It puts the lotion in the basket. Or it get the hose".

Alex: Are you gonna laugh at me when you see my legs?

Me: What, are you wearing shorts?

Alex: yeah

Me: HA HA HA! Let me see! I bet you they are hairy!

Our other co-worker, Rob, checking Alex's legs out: (to me) OMG you don't want to see that. (to alex) I just lost all confidence in you. look at him.

We all laugh.

Rob: (warning me) He looks like a four year old.

Alex walks around my cubicle, into full sight.

Me: HA HA HA HA HA (pointing) HA HA HA HA HA!

Rob: (to Alex) Did you lose your mama? Where's your lollypop?

Me: HA HA HA HA HA HA!

First you should know that i work for a property management company and we have basically the same name for all properties but with a different ending but tenants have a tendancy to just use the first part.

*ring ring*

Me: Hello O***** Group

caller: is this L*********?

M: yes, Where are you calling from?

C: ummmm My apartment

M: Great Ok, What city do you live in?

C: ummm H*********

M: Great Ok, what street do you live on?

C: ummm H***** Street

M: Great ok, How can I help you?

C: who do I make my check out too?

*smacks head*

Espy *shouts something indistinguishable to Foggi in the next room*:
Foggi: Wait! What? Before you tell me what you said here's what I heard: "How many dogs…" *At that point we all (including Mrs. Espy) could not stop laughing for about 5 minutes.* Stop laughing! *continue to laugh for another minute Espy holds face in his hands so he'll stop.* What I heard was "How many dogs do you have on your key ring. *All three continue hysterical laughing for 3-4 minutes.* What did you really say?
Espy: Whose blogs do you you have on your feed reader?

KIK! Man, you just don't get conversations like that living with your parents! Though, I swear they're both losing their hearing and refuse to admit it, so I do get to spend most evenings in conversations like this:

Dad: What is an opposum? (Umm...cause we're watching Jeopardy, not because he doesn't know.)
Mom: What?
Dad: It doesn't matter I was just answering the question.
Mom: What?
Dad: It doesn't matter.
Mom: What? Stop mumbling!
Dad: Don't worry about it.
Mom: I still can't hear you.
Me: (Loudly and succinctly, but without yelling) He said it doesn't matter, he was answering a Jeopardy question and he was right.
Mom: Oh.

It should be noted that the entire time they are seated in their chairs which are maybe 10 feet away from each other. Sometimes I'm on the couch between them, other times I'm in the kitchen, which is much farther away from either of them.

ROFL, oh mom and dad!! You gotta love 'em.

OK,

Part of my part itme evening job involves helping the public make theatre bookings on live internet chat.

Here's a conversation I had the other night:

Me: How can I help?

Visitor: How much are two tickets for *name of show*?

Me: *give list of prices*

Vis: How much near the front?

Me: Top price, 69.20.

Vis: Where are the £30 seats?

Me: Row K in the Circle. Here's a link to the seating plan so you can see where the seats are in relation to the stage....*link*

Vis: What do you mean,relation to the stage??

Me: So you can see where the seats are, and where the stage is, and if you are happy with that distance...

Vis: Are the yellow seats free?

Me: No. Different colours are different prices. As you can see, the yellow ones are the ones I told you about for £30.

Vis: How much are the blue ones at the front?

Me: Like I said before, £69.20

Vis: I'm assuming the stage is in the Circle...

Me: No. The stage is where it says "Stage". The seating plan is like a birds eye view.

Vis: How much are the yellow ones on the stalls.

Me: The same as the yellow ones on the Circle. £30.

Vis: can I have row T close to the stage?

Me: No. As you can see, row T is not close to the stage.

Vis: Can I have £30 seats close to the stage?

Me: No. As you can see on the seating plan, and as I said before, seats close to the stage ar £69.20.

Vis: I'd like row T close to the stage please.

Me: Row T stays where it is. At the back.

Vis: Can I buy them when I've been paid?

Me: Yes.

END OF CONVERSATION

I swear...I have the patience of a saint. a SAINT I tell you!

OH man I am loving this thread. My favorite part of that conversation is "Row T stays where it is. At the back." I really LOLed there.

It's scary how many stooooooopid people there are out there....

#6 bib:
My grandparents are the same way. :)

These are all hilarious!

I'll have to try to have my laptop with me tonight in case there's any more funny.

I think I would have lost it LadyN! It probably helped that it was online, so you could laugh and make exasperated sighs and they wouldn't know it!

I'm with Mandy - that line was brilliant, LadyN :)

LadyN I want row z seats.close to the stage please

Could I get seats on the stage? For 30?

and with a restroom close by...

#15 -- You can, in fact, get seats on the stage here:



. . . but only for eight. Sorry.

yes yes yes.... Argh!!

Just had to pop in - I'm at the above mentioned job right now....

Think I just had one of our european friends on the chat.... They are going to touch me during office hours!!!!!

And now they're typing Dutch at me!!!!

tell them you don't type dutch

Oh, apparently it was Japanese....they thought I might be Japanese.... Of course I am! My name's Naomi....Why wouldn't I be Japanese????

Just had another corker....

Different customer:

"Is this the one with Wayne Sleep in it?"

Urm.....is what the one with Wayne Sleep in it???

Just reply with so solly, no speakee

KIK!

The other day my mom spotted that there was a fly close to the fruit basket. We have one of those hanging fruit baskets, so here's what happened:

Mom: Oh stupid fly i'm gonna get you!! *Takes a towel and tries to hit the fly with it but misses and utters a long line of swears in spanish*

Me: Mom, just let it be, it'll die eventually. *Continues reading on couch*

All of a sudden, I look over at my mom at the same time as she is trying to hit the fly again and instead, she hits the basket and it breaks and all the fruit goes flying out! My dad rushes in and sees the fruit basket half destroyed with the fruit on the floor and my mom staring at it!

Dad: What the hell happened?

Me: *Folded in half and laughing hysterically* She......

And my dad understands and I can't say anymore because tears start coming out of my eyes as I try to control myself.

I'm going to have to record the next conversation that happens here. Usually it involves catbastet taking on the role of two to four cats. There are days I really think she's going round the bend. Or I am, because I feel the need to fill in when she can't be the voice of the cats. 8-S

Ha ha JP - we do the same providing the voice of our dog!!

hahahahaa. This makes me laugh a lott.
People are so idiotic.

I saw a video on youtube today and there was a little girl talking about the monster.

Girl: "If he comes here, I'm gonna have to kick his ass."
Mom: "Oh really?"
Girl: "Yeah, because if I don't kick his ass, he'll kick my ass!"

It continues on, but it was just so funny. The little girl was being completely serious about it.

But the other day I was at Arby's with some of my friends and they were talking about how they always seem to be watching the same thing.
Emily: "If I text her and we are both watching TV, we are like always watching the same thing."
Becca: "Like a fifth sense!" ::NOTE-- I thought she was making a reference to the movie Mean Girls::
Emily: turns to me "She's being serious..."

We laughed so hard. The workers probably thought we were crazy.

25 & 26: I also Speak for my dog and my nephew and my godchildren.

27: I love that video i used to watch it all the time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BMbww-nCVQg

That was super funny!

8 The weirdest conversations I've had recently actually took place typing on Messenger and they show my level of maturity..

Me to my friend: *poke*
FRD: *poke*
me: *Poke*
FRD: *ninja poke*
me: *Super sonic ninja poke*
FRD: *super sonic ninja poke in you FOREHEAD*
twenty five poke filled minutes later
me: *pok-JAB!*
FRD: OUCH that poke wasn't a poke but a jab and is cheating. You have dishonored yourself!

I am probably the biggest dork in the world! LOL and that's okay I embrace it.

You're not a dork, MEM. My sisters and I poke each other all the time. :)

virtually?
8) LOL

Not usually, but sometimes in text messages.

Some random person who I don't know sent me a text yesterday. It's not in sentences at all but I'm not sure if it says something bad or not so I'm afraid to post what it says. Hmm. I just reread it. Maybe it's sentences? Who knows. I'm deleting it.

I HATE random text messages! I'm not sure why but they're one of my pet peeves. Maybe because I am a non texter...

me: Merlin, what are you doing?
cat (as Merlin): The empty plate makes me sad.
brother: Hey! Let me feed Merlin!
little sister: You can feed him after.
cat (as Dusty): Hey! I'm over here! Give it to me!
cat (as Merlin): I am an equal opportunity cat. I give you all an equal opportunity to feed me.
cat (as Hobgoblin): But who will feed me?
little sister: I will!

(this is only a snippet. To hear her do all four different cat voices is a bit dizzying.)

Earlier this week I had to save Merlin from the outdoors. At midnight. He has outdoor amnesia, and doesn't recognize any of us when we try to catch him. So I had to chase him around the house (several times), until he ran inside. Here is part of a conversation right after:

Me: You people just can't do anything without me.

JP: You run the fastest.

An actual phone conversation I just had with a client. Similar conversations occur regularly.

Me: _______. This is _________.

Client: Someone called me from this number.

Me: Okay, do you--

Client: Is this ______________?

Me: No, this is _____________.

Client: This isn't ______________?

Me: No, this is ___________________ (this time instead of giving the acronym I said the full name.)

Client: Oh. My mother just moved to ________________. I thought you were them. Why did you call me?

Me: I'm not sure who called you. Had you called at some point about housing or rent assistance.

Client: No. My daughter might have. She lives in ___________.

Me: But she doesn't live with you or use your number?

Client: No.

Me: Okay. Did the person who called leave a message?

Client: You called me.

Me: No ma'am, I didn't. I'm the front desk, the call came from an extension that wouldn't have shown up on your caller ID.

Client: Oh.

Me: Did the person who called leave a message?

Client: I don't know, I saw that you called and called to see why.

Me: Okay. Well why don't you see if they left a message and then you can give me a call back and let me know who it was or what it was in regards to.

Client: You can't just tell me.

Me: No ma'am, I'm sorry. I have no idea who called you.

Client: Fine. *dial tone*

?!?!

hahahahaha...oh people

Wow... people are stupid. (and in the process of typing "stupid" I accidentally typed "studip".)

Oh dear these are funny. LadyN that is hilarious.

Okay this is a classic from my days working in a book store in Pocatello ID mind you.

Coworker: I don't mind selling new age books but I don't think we should sell Satanist books.
Me: We're a Waldenbooks do we sell Satanist books?
Coworker: You know like The Satanic Verses and The Poisonwood Bible
Me: (long pause) Um, you do know those are works of fiction right? One is about the writing of the Koran and the other is about Christian missionaries in Africa.
Coworker: What do you mean?
Me: They aren't manuals they're fiction.
Coworker: I still don't think we should sell them.

Me: If your parents need a Spanish form come and get one.
Student: *looks at me expectantly*
Me: "Students Name" you parents don't speak Spanish.
Student: Oh

A few days later:
Another student: Miss W, what types of classes will be happening tonight (he is speaking of a parent night).
Me: Oh there will be... (I list all the classes), and these (pointing to paper) will be in Spanish (I say this because his parents speak only Spanish).
Same Student from first conversation: Miss W?
Me: Yes "student's name"?
Student from first conversation: My parents don't speak Spanish or English.
Me: (trying to keep a serious face) Oh, "student's name", your parents speak English. The language we are speaking to each other right now is English
Student from first conversation: Oh.

Oh, how cute! (1st grade right? That's still cute, another couple years and I'd worry!)

2nd grade

Hmmm....but early in the year, so still on the cute side!

Conversation I just had at work. Now my co-worker is one of those people that just loves trivia and when he thinks he has something good he asks me and my other co-worker if we know. So this is one of those times. But the important part is right at the end...I must also say that while he is a very nice guy he's also a little racist.

Male Co-worker(MCW): "who's the only guy to be on an american bill that was never a president?"

Me: "ummm Ben Franklin?"

MCW: No

Me: Yea, he was never president but he's on the 100

MCW: oh, then I guess I'm wrong...Susan B Anthony is the only woman on our money...she's on the dollar coin

Me and Female Co-Worker (FCW): really?

MCW: Yea

FCW googles it...

FCW: no it's Sacagawea

MCW:who?

FCW: she was the Indian woman with lewis and Clark

MCW: Why is an Indian on American money

Me: :face palm:

(after a little more research we discovered that Susan B. Anthony was at one point on the dollar coin, but it is now Sacagawea)

I had to do a :face palm: just by reading that. Did you educate him any further, or just give up at that point?

Oh. My. Gosh.
The stupidness hurts my head.

Alexander Hamilton is another one who was never president but got his face on an American bill.

My Drama teahcer: MrsG (she idn't really call me that) why aren't you preforming?

Me: Because this isn't my cast.

Drama teacher: Why not?

Me: Because you put me in cast 2?

Teacher: ARe you doing well in English?

Me: Ummmm.....yes? I'm getting an A.

Teacher: Oh thats good. I love your ring.

Me: Thank you.

Teahcer: I lost my necklace isn't that sad.

Me: Yes that is rather sad.

Teacher: Don't lose your ring.

Me: Ok.

Teahcer: And make sure to raise your grade in English.

True story. She was out of it.

I agree with your teacher. Why aren't you doing A+ work? Slacker. :o)

:( I'm practically failure!

... what an interesting teacher...

Hmmm, wish I had a teacher like that. We'd probably got outta lots of work...:)

45: We did our best to continue the education, and he did learn who she was, but he still didn't think she should be on our money. That is when we gave up and just decided not to have an argument of that kind in the office.

46: yea that's who he was thinking about, he thought he was the only one until i said Ben.

That teacher worries me, I wonder what is going on with her that she could be that spacey at work.

Actually, that teacher kind of reminds me of someone that goes to my school. She says random things and will join in on conversations. It gets annoying sometimes. And she does say "isn't that sad?" a lot.

Dogs aren't waterproof. Isn't that sad? ;)

Dogs can't look up. Isn't that sad?

It's Wednesday. Isn't that sad?

Tomorrow's Thursday. Isn't that great?

(Picture your Saturday. That is my Thursday.)

Kerian has a odd sense of weekends. Isn't that sad? :o)

Yes! I would love to have more Thursdays (your Saturdays) off work to enjoy the group movie watch with everyone more often.

I have to leave LT now. Isn't that sad?

Yes, it is. :o(

We're leaving soon too. Isn't that sad?

I have Season Affective Disorder. Isn't that sad?

I'm back. Isn't that sad?

Wait.

I'm confused. Isn't that sad?

Yes. I think you all get the idea. Isn't that sad?

No.

I disagree with mindy. Isn't that sad?

I'm too tired to choose sides. Isn't that sad?

Yes that is rather sad.

:o)

Tell you what. I'll look again first thing in the morning and flip a coin.
Whoops.
First I need to take catbastet to her orthodontist appointment. She had a bracket come loose. Isn't that sad?

Actually, that is kind of sad. Isn't it?

My home laptop won't let me go on LT sometimes. It freezes out on me. THat means I have to wait until I'm at work again, when everyone else is asleep (apart from MrA Mysterion and MsD of course!). Isn't that sad?

Mysterion never sleeps. Isn't sat thad?

Hey, Mysterion, I don't sleep either! Ain't it sad?

My husband thinks he's perfect. isn't that sad?

KIK

I take 6 girls to and from church on Wednesday nights. Two of the girls are 5 years old. Of course with that many girls in the car it's very noisy. When we were to our last stop (2 girls left), one of the 5 year olds has the following conversation with me.

5YO: Hey Miss Heather?
Me: Yes?
5YO: Did you know I have a cousin?
Me: Really? What's their name?
5YO: Lauren.
Me: Who is she?
5YO: My cousin. Bye!

hahahaha, she's too smart for you ;)

hahah. That sounds like something Maxx said once to my sister Michelle. Maxx is 2 or 3 I think.
Maxx had gotten a toy and really wanted another.

Maxx: Chelle can I get another one?
Chelle: They don't have them anywhere near here.
Maxx: They have them at Toys R Us.
Chelle: Well I don't know where Toys R Us is...
Maxx: It's in America.... DUH!

Just a convo my hubby and I just had, It's a good example of our dynamic.

Hubby:so, i just did my civics for the month - wrote in to my local NJ congressional reps to get them to support some bills specifically one regulating ATVs in state forests, and another to keep limits on hunting on sundays on state land.
Me: well, I just imported the MN Twins schedule into my gmail calendar.
Hubby: Oh, god...I mean...I love you.

LOL! Awwww how sweet! 8)

This isn't exactly a conversation, but it's something funny that happened at the sleepover.

Someone had just gone to the washroom and we were having a random conversation (me and 2 of my friends) and Michelle was gonna change into her bathing suit. She shuts the door and a second later (literally) she comes running out screaming "THE TOILET'S SCREAMING!!!!!" Kate-Lynn's (friend who had the sleepover) toilet whistles as the water goes through the pipes, and when we saw Michelle coming out, we just burst out laughing. The funniest thing was, that she's a blond and that was a perfect blond moment there!!!

BTW: I don't mean to insult anyone with the blond subject. It's just she's the only one in our group and those types of things always seem to happen to her. :P So we always end up bugging her about it..

*tosses beautiful blonde locks*

*tosses beautiful curly brown locks*

Sorry, i just woke up in this thread.... dont know really whats goin on... someone explain to me? :)

You post random conversations you have with people! :D

Sweet! thanks.

OK...what to talk about...

Politics?

A convo one of my cats (Lily) and I were just having:

Lily: Meow. (Can I go outside?)
Me: No Lily, we're leaving soon.
Lily: Meow? (Are you taking us to the vet?)
Me: No Lily, we're going on a vacation. Fay's gonna look after you.
Lily: Meow. Meow. (I still wanna go outside.)
Me: No Lily, you can't.
Lily: Meow? (Why not?)
Me: Cuz we're leaving.
Lily: Meeeooooowwwww. (Pleeeeeaaaaase.)
Me: No Lily.
Lily: Meow? (Why not?)
Me: Because.
Lily: Meow.? (Because why)
Me: Because.
Lily: Meow meow? (Because why huh?)
Me: BECAUSE I SAID SO!
Lily: Meeeooow. (Pleeeeaaaaase)
Me: No.
Lily: Meeeeeoooooooow. (Pleaaaaaaase)
Me: NO Lily.
Lily: Meow Meow Meow Meow. (Please Please Please Please.)
Me: Shut UP Lily!
*Pause, silence*
Lily: Meow? (Please?)
Me: *sigh*

And of course, it kept going until I completely ignored her ;)

Edited for typos.

haha. your cat is very persistant pico (or does persistant have another E instead of A?)

Hehe. Yes she is...it gets frustrating after a while. And ummm, I'm not sure how we spell persistant (persistent?) but I get what you mean. :)

Another cat whisperer. Someday I'll have to get you and my daughter together to channel cats.

That will only accelerate her plans to lead a cat army to conquer the whole world. DON'T DO IT PICO!

#83 pico:
I love that one! I'm glad there are more of us who hear words instead of kitty meows.

JP, surely you hear words, too? I know Cat isn't the only one in your family who speaks for the cats. :)

83: Wow! you have one smart kitty!

OK, heres one. I call it "Texting"

R (not saying real names): Hey
me: Hey! Whats up?
R: Nm (nothing much), u?
Me: Getting wendy's
R: O

THANK YOU, THANK YOU! HOLD FOR THE APPLUSE! just kidding :)) But that is literally what happens with me while texting.

I ought to copy one of my kid sister's texts to me sometime. Those are really out there but quite funny. She has an alarming amount of humor. I almost have to clamp a hand over her mouth when people meet us so they won't get scared off. ;)

:) LOL thats funny! I bet they arent as short as those. I hate when people send me one word texts. they just BUG me!!

87- Don't listen to him, pico! Join me, and together we will rule the galaxy as cat and pico! MWAH-ha-HA-ha-HA!

I was going to post this on the Spam thread, but while i'm here...

I took a phone call at home a while back, it went like this:

Me: Hello?
Caller (young womans voice): ...uh, can i speak to Mr Andrew H----, please?
Me: Speaking.
Caller: *brightly* Hi, this is Andrew H-----.*click* *dialtone*
Me: *stares at the receiver for a minute then bursts out laughing*

I figure it was a newbie telesales operator with a script, and she accidentally said my name instead of the company name. Then got flustered and hung up.
Poor little baby.

haahha! I thought you had just mistyped in MrA!

KIK! I've never heard of that happening.

KIK! She did the work for you. Were you disappointed not to have a chance to speak to her more?

I bet she did have a script, but it had your part too and she got flustered when you didn't say what you were supposed to. Why would you do that to her MrA?! Why?!

I love it when they mispronounce my name. It's really not that hard to pronounce.
The last call I got, they mispronounced my middle name. How hard is it to say O'Brien?

Brobrien.
Oberon.
Obren.

Whew! That is tough.

We get a lot of calls where they think my husband's first name is his last name. I just say there isn't anyone with that last name. Note to telemarketers: If you really want to sell us on something, you need to get the name right first.

KIK! I don't think what they said is even up there jp. Besides, who says a person's full name when calling them?

My note to telemarketers: Um....I'm not interested. We don't buy over phone, unless I initiate the phone call. Even that is rare.

#93 - But what if it was really you calling yourself from the future with a really important message and you were disguising your voice so as not to reveal that it was really you, but then you slipped up and said your real name instead???? ...Am I the only one who thinks of these things???

SO I pick up the phone:

Me: Helloooo
My Friend: Oh my God!! You will never guess what I just happened!! I totally just found something that will make MrsG (she said my real name) soooo jealous!!!
Me: Oh really ans what would that be?
Friend: Ok so!.....who is this?
Me: No no go on I want to her how I'm going to soon become jealous.
Friend:Uhhhhh..

ANd she hung up. it was pretty funny.

RE names:

When my mother and ex-step father were still married, someone came over to the house and said this:
"Hello, (first-half-of-last-name)."
*shakes my then-step-father's hand, turns to my mother*
"Mrs. (second-half-of-last-name)."
*shakes my mother's hand*

I myself get a good deal of people who stare at my last name and call me Kimberly, as a first name, though.

#102 MrsG:
That has happened to my kid sister. ;)

I get called Paul, Paula, Paulina, Pauline everything but Polly (My name is actually Paulette)

I have also been called, Holly, Molly, and Dolly

I've been called Amber, Allison, Haley, Andy, among others. My first name is Heather.

Amber=Heather.....yes I can see how easy that would be! :P

It's the "er" sound at the end. I'm always thrown off by that.

When I'm on the phone and people ask my name, I tell them "Naomi", and 9 times out of 10 they'll respond "Hi Mary."

What?? That's so not what I said!

108> People can be such poor listeners, Bob.

Since all six of the kids in my family have m-names, we've all been called all sorts of names beginning with m until the speaker comes up with the right one. Including parents -- they just scroll through the names until they say the one they meant all along. As a result, all of us answer to whatever m-name someone happens to say.

All three of my kids went through a stage where they confused "Mommy" and "Daddy." (Mommy! Mommy! I mean, Daddy!)

We sometimes confuse the cats' names with the children's names...

On the subject about names I get called Rolando, Roberto, Roland, Ronaldo. And my real name is Ronald. (I mean come on we have a huge franchise with a big M and the guy representing it is RONALD McDonald it's not that hard to remember)

P.S. I don't like being called Ronald McDonald...I would say Ronald Reagan to people but they do not know who he was.

Do you mind being called Ronald Reagan?

See now, I would go with Ronald Weasley, but...

I had a client at a job once who for some reason just didn't think I looked like a Heather. He called me Nicole.

There is a super at one of our properties that for whatever reason thinks the receptionist name is Rebecca...It's Celina. The best was one time this happened.

Celina called him and told him to check on an elevator because we had a call from Otis that someone hit the emergency button.

Celina: Hi Joe, this is Celina can you go check on elevator 2?
Joe: Sure, no problem.

they hang up and Joe calls back, Celina answers.

C: hello O******* G*****
J: Yes, hello Rebecca, Celina just called here and asked me to check on elevator 2, can you tell her everything is fine?
C: :facepalm: sure joe no problem.

The issue is that she would correct him when we first hired him but he'd never remember so she just gave up, and now it's been too long to try and correct him.

#113: Not at all!

#114: I love Ron's character in the Harry Potter books, the problem is that I don't like how they portray him in the movies...but you can call me Ronald Weasley :D

101: Good point. I hope i call back. And that i haven't created a temporal paradox.

Ron, Ron, Ron Weasley. Ron, Ron, Ron Weasley.

:D Happily walks off humming, knowing that others will have the song soon stuck in their head too.

Voldemort, Voldemort, ooh Voldy-Voldemort. Voldemort!

HEEEERRRRRRRRMIONE!

Snape, Snape, Severus Snape. . . .

#115: Has the super ever wondered why he's never seen Rebecca and Celina at the same time?

#115 - I snorted really loudly reading that. Ha ha ha!!

#115, It's just like the Suzy/Elaine episode of Seinfeld!

115- You see, he thinks that Celina and Rebecca are twins. Who work at the same place. And have the same job.

People don't usually mispronounce my name, because it's very phonetic. When they do mispronounce it, they usually think it is "Maria," which I can understand, since my name sounds a lot like Maria. But there was this one time when I was doing an activity, and the woman running the activity read my name out as "Mariana." It took me a couple of minutes to realize she meant me! I still don't know how she got that "a" in between the "i" and the "n."

Is your last name "Trench"?

125 cat- So... is your name Marina? I have a cousin named Marina.

127- Yep!

126- No, silly.

You're not my cousin are you? She lives in Florida.

I have a jetty named Marina.

129- Noooo, of course I'm not your cousin. *hides Florida scenery*

Hmmmm.....interesting.

Hmmm.......

hmmmmm...

(in harmonious tone) hmmmmmmmm

All together now!

Oooooommmmmmmm......

Cat said she's been living a double life. Apparently she runs back and forth between NY and FL every day to keep up the facade of being both my daughter and kirby's cousin.

I'm thinking I should enter her in the next summer Olympic games.

Does she also have a time-turner? That would help her be in two places at once.

I don't know! Time to search her room....

Does this mean that JP is Kirby's Aunt?

Like sands through the hourglass, so are Las Lágrimas de Phoenix.
*orchestral music swells*

#92 cat: I know I shouldn't ignore my natural instincts, but you know, I think we could rule the galaxy if we joined forces. *links her arm with cat's* Together, we shall rule the world. *raises fist* *Together* MWAHAHAHA!!!!!!

in ref to comments made on 115: I suppose I should explain that I work in the corporate office and we manage 21 different apartment complexes and see only a handful of the Supers, this super we have never actually met.

If you've never met him, how do you know he exists? :o) Maybe his twin brother Bob has been running things.

There is no spoon...

Or is his name pronounced bob but spelled J-O-E??

bib will get this right away but i think i might need more explanation for others, when we were younger our other sister used to think of the weirdest ways to name her future children one was that she would name her son Joe but spell it B-O-B.

#110 lefty:
It's like that for my mom, her sisters, and parents with the letter 'd.'

#111 jp:
KIK! My mom just mixes up her daughters names with each other, and the cats names with each other, separately. :)

#112 Ron:
Never Rupert? ;) (I thought it was so funny when someone called Ron Weasley that because Rupert is the actor's name.) My ex-step father is also named Ron and can't stand being called Ronald McDonald.

#145 Mandy:
Now I'm saying the name Joe spelled as Bob. ;)

One of my sisters (butler name) gets the letter 'b' switched with the letter 'd' when people say her name. It drives her up a wall. Some people have walked up to her when she was wearing a badge to tell her that her name was spelled wrong because it should be a 'd,' not a 'b.' She's actually had intense arguments about it.

my father always mixed up our names. For years he referred to "Ti-pol-john when trying to get someones attention. he'd say "Ti..pol..john I mean, polly please go get the mail" or something similar.

If my mom doesn't call me by the right name the first time she usually calls me Missy or Megan.

I call my youngest sister missy or miss all the time, though I get her name fine.

Donna calls me buttface.

I guess she forgets my name sometimes :-S

After I had altered the girl's prom dress:

Girl: It still feels loose right here. (pulls dress tighter just under bust line)
Me: Yes, because it is a backless dress, it won't feel tight to your body like a dress with a back does.
Girl: But it still feels loose right here. (indicates same place)
Me: It might feel loose, but that's because it's a backless dress.
Girl continues to pull at the dress.
Girl's mom: Why was there a charge for beading? I bought the dress "as is" so why is there a charge?
Me: Because you bought the dress "as is" and you asked me to replace the missing beads.

They weren't all that thrilled by the time they left, which frustrates me because I'm sure they think everything is my fault, but I don't think I could have made them any happier since they didn't seem to understand my answers to their questions.

8) Did you tell the girl she didn't want anything popping out? It would if you over tightened a bodice. LOL

Maybe she thought the top was made of Spandex and would just snap in place. You know, like a superhero costume. I'm surprised you don't make those lefty. :o)

LOL!!

lol! I should have offered to make her one -- what was I thinking?

Mem, I think popping out was part of her goal. Seems to be the trend the last couple prom seasons!

I'm confused, did they buy the prom dress from you? Because they can buy clothes "as is" all they want from other places, but if they want someone else to then fix it, why wouldn't they know they'd have to pay for that?

I go to a local dress shop and do fittings there so those people had bought the dress from that shop. Of course the shop tells them and has signs posted that dresses are "as is" when bought off the rack, but ... well, given that conversation I suppose I'm not surprised that this girl and her mom were still confused.

A coworker comes into my office:

him: I'm expecting ___________
me: Okay
him: She should be here at 1:00
me: so any time now
him: Yes, that's why I'm here
me: okay

He proceeds to wait for a bit and I go back to work. At some point he goes back to his office. At 1:30 my intercom beeps.

me: Yes
him: Are you there?
me: *roll eyes* yes
him: Did ________________ show up?
me: no
him: She was supposed to be here at one
me: yes
him: we're leaving in 15 minutes
me: that's the plan
him: okay, call me if she comes
me: okay

Things have gotten better between the two of us the last couple of months, but it's conversations like this that make me feel like he thinks I'm an idiot, and unable to figure out that if the person he has a meeting with shows up I should let him know.

haha. Missy remember that one bride "I HATE PENS!!!" hehe. good thing you didn't show her some of her embroidery things weren't on there... she would've been obsessive.

She hated pens?

Well. Missy wrote something in pen, but had to scribble it out and the lady was like, "I hate pens!" because I guess she didn't like the fact that you couldn't erase...?

I had the grandkids for a while last night while MEM and her hubby went to a movie. It got later and later and Cole who is so used to having Mommy put him to bed would not allow himself to fall asleep even tho he was nodding off and wobbly. I finally took him onto my lap and told him stories and sang little songs. He cuddled up so sweet and was dozing when they finally came in. He sat up right away and went to Mary who sat down and held him while I put his shoes on him and then let daddy carry him out the door sleepily waving his fingers and murmuring "byebye granma" as they went. its not often anymore that Cole lets me hold him so it was very sweet to me. Missie would still cuddle up in my lap if she could. I think she was a little jealous but she had my laptop all to herself and barely looked up from it all evening.

awww!! Polly, that is sooo sweet!

Here is an example of my parents' and my conversations when they ask me bout school:

P: Hey!
Me: Hey!
P: How are you?
Me: Good.
P: How was your day?
Me: Good.
P: How was school?
Me: Good.
P: What did you do?
Me: Nothing.
P: Oh, what an interesting school you have.
*I nod.*
Me: How was your day?
P: Good, but very tiring.
Me: Oh, cool!

As you can see, I am very communicative (Sp?)

haha I know what that's like pico!
Only mine is more....
P: How was school?
Me: Boring.
P: How was the rest of your day?
Me: Boring.
P: How did we know you would say boring?

I say that nearly every day. I have to keep up a reputation =P

#160 MrsG, that particular bride seemed to have quite a few tendencies that made me wonder if the fiance really knew what he was getting into. ;)

Pico & Mindy, far more fun to come up with a story! Like how you met a couple of pale new students who you suspect might be vampires. Or the time that you dropped your pencil and it rolled out of your reach so you used a summoning charm and it worked, zooming your pencil right back to your hand! Keeps people on their toes.

#166: The stories are not that good, lefty. I did that once and I got sent to the school counselor :P

ROFL.

i have one that i put on another thread:

Me: :))
Bebe2: That smiley face has a double chinned. (bad spelling)
Me: yea, he almost needs a diet as much as his friend:

:))))))))))))))))))))))))

#167 Ron, lol! Okay, so maybe I put in a bit much from fantasy worlds.

On the phone around 9 this morning:

Them: This is ______________. I have an appointment at 10 this morning.
Me: (looking at appointment calendar) What was the name?
Them: ____________________
Me: I'm sorry, you're not on our schedule, let me check one other place. (looks up database) I'm sorry ma'am, the last time we spoke to you was 2005.
Them: Are you telling me someone set up an appointment with me and didn't write it down?
Me: I doubt it, but would you like to speak with someone from the program? I don't have anyone available right now, but I can take your number and have someone call you in a few minutes.
Them: But it's already after 9, if I wait I'll be late for my appointment.
Me: I'm sorry ma'am, you don't have an appointment here, so you can't be late.
Them: But I need help with my electric bill.
Me: I'm sorry, we don't have electric assistance here. Perhaps you're thinking of our subsidiary, ______________.
Them: No, I already talked to ______________. I talked to you there and they said you would help me.
Me: No ma'am, we do not have electric assistance.
Them: Well do you help with rent?
Me: Yes, we do.
Them: So I can talk to them about that instead.
Me: Well, I can transfer you to that program and you can leave a message. They'll call you back in a few days to see if you meet the qualifications for an appointment.
Them: But I have an appointment.
Me: No ma'am, you don't.
Them: Fine then, give me the voice mail.
Me: Please hold.

Facepalm

ohhh people.

Tenant: May I please speak with Amanda
Me: Speaking
T: You are a liar
M: ummm no really i'm Amanda
T: no, you say i don't have a 3 month lease but I do!
M: I'm sorry, who is this?
T: D******* from apartment B5
M: Oh, Hi sir, how can I help you?
T: you are a liar, I have a 3 month lease
M: I'm sorry you feel that way sir but in my file I have only a 1 Year lease renewal signed by you going to the end of june.
T: I was forced to sign that but then I signed a 3 month
M: Sir, if you have a copy of the 3 month lease i'll be happy to honor that, but I can only go by what I have here in my files.
T: My wife is pregnant
M: ...umm, Congratulations!
T: we need to move closer to the hospital
M: Ok, I need written notice 30 days before you plan to vacate and then if you're breaking you're lease i'll need the break lease fee of one months rent.
T: If my wife gets sick and can't get to the hospital it's your fault
(silence)
M: Umm sir, you live down the street for one of the best hospitals in New Jersey. I would suggest bringing her there. And I'm not keeping you from moving, just enforcing the lease that you signed.
T:but I signed a three month lease

...and we started all over again. Until i finally lost my temper and said

M: Sir, look all i have is a 1 year lease if you want to leave i'm going to charge you the breaking lease fee. If you can get someone to move into your apartment by 6/1 I'll waive that fee. But we are getting no where and I have work to do.
T: I want to talk to the old super they will be on my side
M: Fine, I'll have them call you. Goodbye.

...old super sided with me...FYI

Oh woww.
People are... dumb. I can't think of a nicer way to put it.

What a phone call, Mandy!

"ummm no really i'm Amanda"

I'm sorry, but... A HAHAHAHAHA!

Wow, some people eh.....

Okay so I have this preschool skills workbook for Cole. Today I got it out for the first time and he was really excited to have 'school' work like Missie. One of the first set of skills in it is sequencing. You have three pictures that you are supposed to put in order. So here's what happened:

*Picture #1 is a fully grown flower in a pot*
*Picture #2 is a goose lady watering a small plant in a pot*
*Picture #3 is a goose lady planting seeds into a pot*

Me: So Cole which picture do you think comes first?
Cole: *points to full grown flower*
Me: Are you sure? Here is the lady putting seeds into the pot and here is a baby plant. Do you think the big plant came first? Or maybe do you think something else had to happen first?
Cole: *jabs finger on the full grown plant again*
Me: hmmm That looks like it is the same pot in all three pictures.
Cole: *examines pot dutifully before nodding*
Me: hmmm This picture here looks like the lady is watering this baby plant that is growing.
Cole: *nods head*
Me: And this one looks like she is planting seeds which will grow into a plant...
Cole: *nods head again*
Me: Don't you think these have to come before the big plant can be in that pot?
Cole: No. The big plant was there and then it got old and it got rotten and the goose lady is planting a new plant.

I mean it's not flawed logic...it's just different, right? Should I assume this is okay or should I be worried that my four year old has no logic? The next set was a dog holding a ball, a girl holding a ball above a wiggling dog, and a dog chasing a ball. He said the proper order was the dog brought the ball over to the girl who then threw it and the dog then chased it. Again, is it more of a different way of looking at things or is this something bad? LOL

well I mean technically he's right? I'm sure those are a way it could have happened. but if you're trying to teach him the order of how things occur...

...I don't know.

Either way you have some smart kids.

He's thinking outside the box! That's wonderfully brilliant! I mean, technically the pictures are the 1st pictures in the sequence of the way they are layed out. Could you cut out the pictures and let him move them around to see a different order of sequence?

8) thank you Mandy!

8) Yes, he is thinking outside the box! That's a good way of looking at it. hmmm I should try cutting out the pictures and see if that would work. Or maybe stack them and hand them to him that way. I'm not sure it was the order he saw them in, though. I think he just built a random story out of the pictures- if that makes sense to you.

I don't know, maybe I should stick with things that can't be put out of order...like... um... well I should be able to think of something.
I stopped working with him for today because I didn't want him to sense I was getting exasperated with him nor did I want to continue on until I decide whether or not I am going to accept his sequencing. I mean, yes, his way was plausible so should it really be considered wrong? If nothing else it proves he has a working imagination.
Or is this a case of a parent ignoring the warning signs? He still won't count for me. He simply has no interest in it. Am I not worrying about these things enough? I worry about it a lot but at the same time I kind of also agree with the school of thought that no kid should really be 'officially schooled' or homeschooled, as in our case, until they are six or seven. But the assumption with this belief is usually that the child is picking up on the basics before that age.
Then again, his Power Wheel car battery was losing it's power the other day and Cole pulled off the hood and looked at the 'engine' (it's the battery with a plastic cover to look like an engine) and says, "Mom, my engine power is depleted!" Obviously that's a pretty good word for a four year old so something is working right.

*grabs paper bag and begins breathing into it*

Oh no my pregnancy hormones are now running amok!! Run for your lives!

"Worry is like a rocking chair, it gives you something to do, but gets you nowhere. "

I know how you feel MEM. I realized I had expanded my test anxiety to include my children's testing. Still waiting for my son's results. Just remember, your son is four, he hasn't lived long enough to be behind.

Beginning with concrete examples may help. He sounds like a very hands on type of boy.

With sequencing you could also start with 3 pictures already in order. Discuss what is happening in each picture. Then mix up the pictures and have him put them back in order. You could also tell him a story without looking at the pictures. Then ask him to pick which picture comes first in your story.

Counting can begin with sorting out things. Have him help you count chips for lunch (or something similar). Play the dummy. Tell him you need to have 10 chips per plate, but you don't know how.

Remember, you know your kids better than anyone. Sometimes things come when they come, and not neccisarily in the order or time line we think they should.

That's a great saying, JP! I don't have test anxiety but I do have all sorts of other anxieties and I think I'm going to add to list if Cole keeps this up. 8) I'm sure your son did fine! 8) Missie takes hers in two weeks (here in Ohio, parents aren't allowed to test or profile their own kids). I told her and then told myself that no one gets 100 percent on those kind of tests! Maybe his results will come in the mail today and you'll not have to worry about it anymore...well until next year. 8)

Kirby- you're right. I have never actually worked on sequences with him so just because I read the directions to him doesn't mean he actually understood what I wanted exactly. I think I'm going to spend more time vocalizing the sequences around the house for a few days (ie: the tub is empty, now we turn on the water, now we get in... ect.) and then do as you suggested with the pictures.
We've been working on counting for a while now. It's hard to tell with him whether he knows his numbers or not. Sometimes he gets it right sometimes, he doesn't. When he gets it wrong (1 block, 2 blocks, um 9 BLOCKS) he grins up at me in a very naughty way. It was the same way with his colors. He would grin and say, "BLUE" when it was red and then just grin. Then one day he stopped doing it and he knew his colors. Yep, he is a twerp. 8)

Or...He's just messing with you. My youngest does that. She doesn't like for me to know that she's learning. She just got high marks on her tests in reading and math.

*reads JP's post*
*drops paper bag*
*begins beating her head against the desk*
But *bang* I *bang* just *bang* can't *bang* stop*bang* trying *bang* to *bang* prove *bang* that *bang* he *bang* is *bang* normal-ish *bang*

LOL Ah parenting- I'm so good at it

Yeah, that grin says it all!

But MEM, if he is playing with your mind, he sounds pretty normal to me.

I've done the head bang thing myself with my third child. She's a trip.

having been a preschool teacher for many years I see Cole as being perfectly normal for his age. But I stopped telling MEM this a while back since she never listens to me....Oh hi MEM !

#188: LOL!

Well, mother, since you thought I was 'perfectly normal' for years, I doubt anyone will blame me for not trusting your opinion.

#153 jp --> kik!

#158 bib:
That's incredible. Obviously you'd had let her in to see him if she'd showed up yet.

#164-165 pico and mindy:
My full sisters and I would talk a lot to our mom about school. She was never like other mothers. My kid sister on the other hand doesn't say anything about school. It drives us bonkers. ;)

#167 Ron:
KIK!

#185 MEM:
*handshakes and bandaids for your head*
I don't think it's bad how he places the order of things. The first thing I thought of was that he must know someone who replaced a dead or dying plant. :)

....

My mother, 20-year-old sister and I were at Fry's Electronics picking out something for our computer the other day. I held the Norton 360 All-In-One Security in one hand and some Norton 360 deluxe in the other hand.

Me: Scans the backside of the products. "What in the world is the difference?"
Mom: "I don't know. Go find Someone to ask." Someone walks past her.
Me: "We could ask him."
Mom: "Who?" Someone disappears.
Sister: "Well, let's see..." Scans the backside of the products.
Me: "Where is Someone else?" Looks around.
Mom: "You'll have to look." Someone walks past her again.
Sister: "It seems they're the same."
Me: "But they can't be. They're $30 apart...How about him?" Someone is walking by.
Mom: "Who?" Someone is gone.
Man walking by: "Are you trying to find out which one to use?"
Us: "Yes! They're almost the same and we've been trying to find out which one is better."
Man: "The difference is 2G. I did the same thing last weekend. Get this one. It's actually $20 more online."
Us: "Thank you!" The man walks away.
Sister: "Is that my new daddy?"

#191: LOL! It was love at first advice or maybe love at first buy :D

hahahahahaha!

I'm not sure if this is a rant or a random conversation. Maybe a bit of both.

Student: Miss W, she's sharpening a new pencil!
Me: And?
Student: She's sharpening a new pencil!
Me: And?
Student: It'll take a long time!
Me: (Seriously?)So?
Student: She's sharpening a new pencil!
Me: Insert name of student, what does it matter that she's sharpening a new pencil. She's getting ready for the rest of the day. We sharpen pencils in the morning.
Student: But she's sharpening a new pencil!
Me: Go sit down. Use another pencil. Then you won't have to worry about her sharpening a pencil.
Student: But she's sharpening a new pencil.
Me: (hits head on desk)

I mean come on Kriby...It was a NEW pencil! Can you believe it? The nerve of some people. :sigh:

This is a tenant (Scott) that calls a lot mainly just to talk as he has some mental issues and lives alone. so if we have time we humor him but this was my conversation with him this morning.

(phone rings, I see the Caller ID and prepare myself)
Me: Hello, O***** G****.
Scott: Who's this? Amanda?
M: Yes
S: Hi Amanda, it's Scott.
M: Hi Scott, how are you doing today?
S: Not good Amanda, the tile in my hallway is coming off?
M: How did that happen, Scott?
S: I peeled it up
M: :facepalm: Scott, you can't do that. Floors are very expensive to replace.
S: Well what are you going to do about it?
M: I'll send the super up to take a look
S: alright, Listen Amanda, Did I pay my rent this month?
M: only part of it, you still owe $630.
S: WHAT?!?! Amanda I paid that
M: No Scott remember you only game me $800 this month and you still owe me $100 from November.
S: Oh right right right. I'll get you that by the end of the week.
M: That would be great.
S: Where are you? should I bring it to the office
M: No, Scott just give it to Mira like every month.
S: Alright. Listen Amanda when is Max getting in I need to talk to him.
M: Max won't be in for 2 weeks
S: WHAT?!?!
M: It's Passover, Scott.
S: ohhhh. right he's Jewish
M: Yup.
S: Alright. well have him call me ok? Amanda, do you need my number?
M: no Scott I have it, I'll have him call you.
S: OK bye Amanda.
M: Bye Scott.

(he's harmless, but calls far too often)

Well, he sounds like a fun character, Mandy!

M answers phone:
M: Hello?
D: Thats what she said!
M: Huh?
D: Did you know I can stand on my head?
M: Excuse me?
D: (In a Italian Accent..) Did you order an extra large cheese pizza?
M: what???
D: Love you to honey, bye!

I know, kinda stupid! :)

Mem - I actually think Cole sounds super-intelligent. He's being creative and assessing possibilities other than "the obvious" (even if the obvious isn't obvious to him at this stage...does that make sense???). Also, that cheeky grin suggests deliberate wind-up, not a struggle to comprehend/recognise, etc.

I would be proud, not anxious :-)

Why thank you, LadyN. 8) I think, for the most part, I understand him so much better than Missie so when I don't understand him I tend to freak out. It's very comforting to have at least one child you can accurately predict most days of the week. In some ways Missie is my carbon copy but she seems to have all these odd extra emotions running amok. Cole on the other hand is just like his father, who I can read, most of the time, like a book. 8)

*should that 'who' be a 'whom'?*

Here's a funny conversation between Missie and Cole that proves she is my daughter, though. 8)

Cole gave Rob a package to open and Rob had to get out his knife to open it.

Cole: What's that, Daddy?
Missie: (she was watching) That's Daddy's pocket knife. Don't touch it, ever."
Cole: What's a pocket knife?
Missie: (completely straight faced, slight eye roll)- The knife in Daddy's pocket.
Cole: Oh, okay.

8)

thats my grandbabies!

199: HAHAHAHAHA, just based off the few things you've told us, I love your children

Two recent facepalm moments from my evening tickets job (both genuine questions from members of the public):

"Are The Lion King and Phantom of the Opera in the same theatre, cos we'd like to see one for the matinee and one in the evening?"

"Is the open air theatre in Regent's Park air conditioned?"

What I really want to say to these people is "If you're finding it necessary to ask questions like this, then I think it best you avoid theatre, as I think you'll struggle to follow a plot."

#202 ROFL! Classic!

#195 that sounds like some of the people my mother works with she is a CNA at a nursing home here. Like this conversation she told me about the other day

MOM- Good Evening
Lady- Mornin
MOM- how are you
Lady- Blue
MOM- why is that?
Lady- You are what you eat
MOM- okay? what did you eat
Lady- salad
MOM- then why are you blue
Lady-*smiles* my salad had blue cheese dressing
MOM- but thats not blue
Lady- *frowns* oops
MOM- *facepalm* what did you eat?
Lady- Food
MOM- are you still blue
Lady- No
MOM- how are you
Lady- Pink
MOM- why are you pink
Lady- I had ham
MOM- good

Here's a Classic. There's a band goin to a compition 2 hours from their school. The following is a conversation between a student (Sam the class clown) and the director (teach)

~6 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~12 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~18 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~24 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~30 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~40 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~50 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~60 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~75 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~90 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~100 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~110 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach i need a pit stop i gotta go
teach- You can hold it

~115 mins into the ride~
Sam- Hey teach
teach- yea Sam
Sam- remember that pit stop i needed?
teach- yea Sam
Sam- never mind i don't need it anymore
*bus erupts with laughter*

My youngest, after her dad took her outside for a bike riding lesson without the training wheels:

Youngest: I'm starting to go faster!
Me: Are you looking ahead? (she tends to look down at her feet, which is why she doesn't get far.)
Youngest: Yup. Not lookin' down, not lookin' up. Not lookin' blindfolded!

Yeah, for some reason she always goes slower when she's looking blindfolded.

206-207

Ha ha ha!!! She's so funny!

What? no skinned knees?

It's only matter of time. Right now, she freaks if my husband tries to move his hand from the bike seat.

At least we got her to start the bike on her own. I learned that when I was teaching my son to ride. My husband just steadies it for her and she pushes off and pedals.

catbastet was much easier to teach. Then again, she rode a unicycle before she could ride a bike.

So she was going in numerical order. First a unicycle, and then a bicycle. I'm sure next she learned how to ride a tricycle. So how far has she made it too?

HP referenced conversation:
We are talking about cinquians in our writing today and tomorrow. Here is the conversation that occurs:

Me: Any questions
Student: Miss W.., is the kind of tree that hangs like this (imagine student using arms to look like a tree) called a Whomping Willow?
Me: Yes. Wait. Did you say Whomping Willow?
St: Yes.
Me: I think you're thinking of a Weeping Willow. Let's go research.

lol, that's great kirby! Maybe they're starting to read HP, although what grade did you say you taught? Grade 2 right? Well, still possible.

#211: I guess catbastet is up to 4 wheels, since she's almost sixteen. :o)

Yep. 2nd grade.

Random conversation from our house this evening:

Foggi: Okay, Sophie, I can't play with you right now because I am going to make cookies now. Otherwise, Espy might throw me out of my own house.
Espy: That's actually impossible.
Foggi: Not really . . . you are bigger than me, after all.
Espy: Yes, but MrsEspy wouldn't let me.
Foggi: She might, if it's a question of cookies.
Espy: I don't think MrsEspy bases as many of her decisions on cookies as I do.
MrsEspy (who has been completely immersed in something on her computer up until now): What? . . . Did someone say something about cookies?

KIK!

kik!!! fantastic

cookies? What's this about cookies?

Yummy cookies

omg dixie, that's making my mouth water!

Yes it makes me wonder if I've got what I need to make cookies!

It's times like these I wish I could do the thing on Blue's Clues. Where you jump into a picture and can eat anything there...

Blue skadooed we can too!!!

grrr it didn't work :(

FAIL!

Did you hit your head on the screen? Maybe you should take a nap. :)