Guffaw at “Gutenberg Quran!”

Who’s his romantic partner?

Ha!

Agree. I’d think that having the control taken away from her would be the worst insult she could imagine. I seem to recall her kids calling her names all the time & she doesn’t seem to mind.

“Bears, beets, Battlestar Galactica...”

That’s close to what happens to me after the Vicodin kicks in — “Oh, that feels better. Let’s vacuum!”

I just remembered—-back in the day, sophomores were just accepted as being the biggest idiots in the school. I’m not even sure if they actually were or not...it seemed you just walked in the front door on the first day of sophomore year and accepted your idiocy. Hmmm. Forgot all about that.

I think that, if we didn’t search diligently for the humor in things, we’d be screwed.

Yep. The only time I kill something when I get scared is when I see a spider. Then I just beat the crap out of it and feel safe.

I was born in ‘45 (1945, not 1845) so was surrounded by wives and moms and grandmas in housedresses (no pearls). Today we’d view them as repressed based on what’s going on now; back then, they were behaving the way housewives behaved. To me, anyway, they were always charming and gracious and welcoming and never phony;…

This has gotten to be more than a little embarrassing for me: I have nothing to add to the conversation...I just always get the giggles whenever I see your handle. Nice to see you...again. :-) (former RudeDog)

LOL! Like Mitch Hedberg said, “Didn’t want to capture them, just make ‘em late for something...”

Yeah, I kind of figured we were coming from different places, and I appreciate your measured response. (For my part, neither my sister nor I could win for losing: Our parents have always managed - or tried - to slap us down with, “{Sigh} Well, we wanted to raise you girls to be independent; seems we went way too far.”…

Well, no. I wrote “sometimes.” I don’t see anywhere in my comment where I suggested ANYthing about a child’s instincts and whether he should trust them or not...my base was more, “I don’t FEEL like it so I’m not going to DO it,” which sort of rubs me the wrong way...but it’s ME who’s being rubbed and I certainly…

That’s a valid point but I can’t 100% agree with it, which really doesn’t matter. Looking back on my comment, I think it’s the whiiiiine sound that bugs me, probably, more than a child possibly expressing a honest point, so I kind of did my own self in there :-) I think I’d want a quick discussion with my child,…

LOL! Yeah, but I didn’t know that then!

“I don’t want to so I’m not going to” sometimes isn’t the best way to teach a kid to deal with situations.

I still have regrets about turning down a piece of poppyseed cake at Patty Milner’s 8th birthday party because I’d never seen a piece of cake that looked like it had bugs in it. I still feel like a dope about that.

And sometimes saying “no” to your kid is one of the most satisfying things in the world.

LOL! I think we can safely disregard any comment made by someone who refers to it as “the teevee.”