Conversations from the backseat...
Do you know what your kids are talking about? Er...do you know what MY kids are talking about?
- My children have developed an odd tendency to wander through the house singing, "I Feel Pretty." I refuse to comment further.
- Husband - Stick men bleed.
- Phone rings. Elder son, calling from North Carolina.
- Hey, mom, what's the name of the shapeshifter from Deep Space Nine?
- Odo.
- Oh,right, thanks.
- Hangs up. So now I must wonder - am I a geek?
- Son hands daughter camera.
- Take my picture!
- Pulls sweatshirt up to cover his head completely, begins pumping his fist in the air, and shouts, "Bam! Bam! Bam!" over and over.
- (Apparently the sound effects make a difference.)
(proof - as you can see, this truly was in the Backseat!)
Okay, cheating here, not just the kids, but too good not to put up.
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husband, returning from an apparently enjoyable shopping spree at Bed, Bath & Beyond - I should be a woman, I'm good at shopping.
- daughter - Daaaaad!
- me - Did you get my new pillows?
- husband - Yep. How do you use them up so fast? You don't hug me that much.
- me - You're not as squishy.
- me, to daughter - but maybe now that he's a woman, he might be squishier.
- daughter - Mooooom!
- Nothing overheard in particular, but since receiving the PC game Zoo Tycoon for Christmas, I've noticed a disturbing tendency to put the guests in the lion pen to see what happens. Of course, it was my idea to begin with...
- daughter, upside down on couch with head hanging over - Oh, my brain just rushed to my head!
- Son, singing - "Super Eyyyyeball! Super eyeball! It can pick up any-thing..."
- son says, mumbling - I don't feel real good.
- daughter hears - I'm really a girl.
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Waffle of death, you're going down!
- Sam Adams.
- What's that?
- I think it's a beer. (pause) No, he was a president or something. Diet coke instead.
- Whatever. And chocolate cake.
- And cheeseburgers.
- Who's your strongest dude? Mine's the mooglie.
- Laser thumb.
- A laser for your thumb?
- No. A thumb that's a laser.
- muttering - Must talk to the koala...must talk to the koala...
- later - Why does nobody want an ostrich? Someone, somewhere...must...need...an...ostrich...
- still later - Not real cheese, game cheese!
- in a booming voice - NO - ONE - IS - PREPARED - FOR - impressive pause - THE HUMUNGOUS FUNGUS TOE!!!
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