Reality Me » From the mouths of babes http://realityme.net A juggling technophile shares personal stories, challenges, humor and perhaps some political commentary. Sun, 27 May 2012 01:43:41 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 From the mouths of babes http://realityme.net/2012/04/25/from-the-mouths-of-babes-336/ http://realityme.net/2012/04/25/from-the-mouths-of-babes-336/#comments Thu, 26 Apr 2012 00:31:02 +0000 Doug McCaughan http://realityme.net/?p=14217 15 year old boy: "This Kool-aid kinda smells like vomit."
Me: "What did you say?"
Teen: "This Kool-aid smells like vomit."
Me: "Then why are you drinking it?"
Teen: "Because it tastes really good!"
Me: "I’m going to make you famous…"

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Me: "Son, do you know what that noise is?"
Clueless 15 year old: "Uh, some bird?"

Obviously, I don’t get my children out enough.

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Too many errands during lunch so I splurge and go into McDonald’s as the drive-thru line was far too long.

Me: "Um.. I’ll have a quarter…wait.." I point at the picture of a grilled chicken sandwich. "My doctor would like me to eat that. But I really want a quarter pounder with cheese meal please."
Ladies behind me: Laughter.
Me, turning toward them and seeing that they are nurses from Park West Hospital: "Shhhh. Don’t tell the doc."
Ladies: "That’ll cost you a fry."
Cashier: "I guess we won’t be supersizing that then."

Thank you world for looking out for me!

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Noah, 15 years old: "I don’t think I know what VHS is."
Me: old as dirt.

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Evan, 6 years old, stumbles from bed, stomps down the hall: "Argh. Why does this happen every night‽"

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cathymccaughan Oct 16, 3:51pm via TweetDeck

Cat Stevens on the XM and 9-y-o chirps: "I remember this song from the big rally in DC. Let’s do that again." #colbert

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Me: "I like your new metal roof."
Him: "It’s a poor man’s roof.”
Me: "I bet it sounds nice in the rain."
Him: "It’s got a 35 year warranty. I’m 98 years old."
Me: "And an optimist!"

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Fast forward to today, September 8, 2011, and I’m having coffee in Mojoe’s and talking to the wonderful mother who turned me onto Jedi camp. In the grand scheme of Evan’s life, an enormous amount of time has passed between Jedi Camp and today. The mother says, "Your son is Evan right?" The gears start turning in my head as she continues, "Evan and my daughter had a fight." My heart sinks. The mother smiles, "Evan told my daughter that girls cannot be Jedi. And my daughter argued with him and told him about the women in the Clone Wars." After a chuckle, we talk about little minds, the funny things they produce, and amazement at the fact that the two are still talking about and remembering Jedi Camp. Good times!

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Mom: "Were you invited?"
Evan: "No, I’m going to ask."
Mom: "That would be inviting yourself and is wrong."
Evan: "So can I go see if they will invite me?"
Mom: "No. That would still be inviting yourself."
Evan, stomps off exasperated: "I’ll just go stick my head in the toilet!"
Evan, from the back of the house: "Quit laughing!"

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Evan, 6 years old: "Yeah, I woke up on the edge."

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Now that the day is over, I can finally begin my work.

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Me: "What are you wearing?"
Evan: "A robe and robe shoes."

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Me: "Can I get in on this hug?"
Evan, 6 years old: "No. You made it hurt."

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