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aomeI know it’s Saturday, but here I am, ready to chat. *g* And we can all stand to smile some more right now, don’t you think?
So. Tell me a funny story involving a child. If you don’t have one, then share your favorite joke with us!
Here’s one of my all-time favorite stories about my daughter (who is now almost 18). When she was about 21 months old, we’d just arrived at a shopping center, and I’d removed her from her carseat and set her down on the pavement. It had recently rained, and there happened to be an earthworm on the damp ground, right near where I’d set her. Trying to head off any chance of having a girl who was bug-squeamish, I really talked up the earthworm, pointing out how cute he was, how neat it was to watch him wriggle, how awesome the earthworm was. My daughter listened carefully until I was done.
Then promptly stomped on the worm.
And all I could do was just howl with laughter. I mean, it was just such a visceral response, and all my sweet-talking had done absolutely no good whatsoever. :))
(Alas, she did grow up to be extremely bug-squeamish, but, ironically, the one wriggly thing she can tolerate is: earthworms.)
And here is my joke.
A string goes into a bar and says, “Bartender, gimme a beer.”
The bartender looks him up and down, curls his lip and says, “We don’t serve strings here.”
The string goes out, finds a cowboy hat, puts it on, and goes back in. “Bartender, gimme a beer.”
The bartender tells him, “I said, we don’t serve strings here.”
The string goes back out, ties himself up at the bottom and undoes his fibers at the top. Then he goes back in. “Bartender, gimme a beer.”
The bartender looks at him and says, “Aren’t you that same string that was just in here?”
And the string says, “No, I’m a frayed knot.”
(Say it out loud if you don’t get it yet.) :-D
Your turn!
So. Tell me a funny story involving a child. If you don’t have one, then share your favorite joke with us!
Here’s one of my all-time favorite stories about my daughter (who is now almost 18). When she was about 21 months old, we’d just arrived at a shopping center, and I’d removed her from her carseat and set her down on the pavement. It had recently rained, and there happened to be an earthworm on the damp ground, right near where I’d set her. Trying to head off any chance of having a girl who was bug-squeamish, I really talked up the earthworm, pointing out how cute he was, how neat it was to watch him wriggle, how awesome the earthworm was. My daughter listened carefully until I was done.
Then promptly stomped on the worm.
And all I could do was just howl with laughter. I mean, it was just such a visceral response, and all my sweet-talking had done absolutely no good whatsoever. :))
(Alas, she did grow up to be extremely bug-squeamish, but, ironically, the one wriggly thing she can tolerate is: earthworms.)
And here is my joke.
A string goes into a bar and says, “Bartender, gimme a beer.”
The bartender looks him up and down, curls his lip and says, “We don’t serve strings here.”
The string goes out, finds a cowboy hat, puts it on, and goes back in. “Bartender, gimme a beer.”
The bartender tells him, “I said, we don’t serve strings here.”
The string goes back out, ties himself up at the bottom and undoes his fibers at the top. Then he goes back in. “Bartender, gimme a beer.”
The bartender looks at him and says, “Aren’t you that same string that was just in here?”
And the string says, “No, I’m a frayed knot.”
(Say it out loud if you don’t get it yet.) :-D
Your turn!