[OT] percy -->joke<--

This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is even
funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
days.
-------------------------------------------

There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are interested:
[url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
mepage.html

My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has a
name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One of
the other engines is named Percy.

Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has been
asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the "r"
sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of him!

badgolferman wrote:[color=blue]
> This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is even
> funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
> days.
> -------------------------------------------
>
> There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
> Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
> amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are interested:
> [url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
> mepage.html
>
> My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
> tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has a
> name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One of
> the other engines is named Percy.
>
> Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has been
> asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
> quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
> sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the "r"
> sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of him![/color]

Ahhh thats great, I love three-year-old stories. My daughter will be 4
on February 2, and its so sad.. I want her to stay three forever. She
still looks at me and her Mommy like we can do no wrong, which feels
pretty good after a day in the rat race.

Here's a cute one... when my daughter Kieran first started talking (oh,
she was about 18 months or so) she loved this book by Maurice Sendak
called "In The Night Kitchen".

Well, she called it "In The Night Chicken". Oh man, that was cute.
Well, we were headed back from Richmond one night... and we went
through the McD drive-thru to grab some food... asked Kieran what she
wanted, and she says, "I WANT NIGHT CHICKEN NUGGETS!"

Oh, and she called jeans "jeams", and she says "nuse" (hard u) instead
of "use", and she says "benembuh" instead of "remember".

Despite this, she knows all of her dinosaurs ... she surprised me the
other day by bringing me one of her dinosaur books and pointing one
out... "Look Daddy, this is a pentaceratops!" and she said it
correctly!


I'm having a cute attack.

"badgolferman" <REMOVETHISbadgolferman@gmail.com> wrote in message
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ROFL!

Natalie

"Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136377427.947265.47080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>
> badgolferman wrote:[color=green]
>> This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is even
>> funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
>> days.
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>> There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
>> Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
>> amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are interested:
>> [url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
>> mepage.html
>>
>> My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
>> tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has a
>> name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One of
>> the other engines is named Percy.
>>
>> Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has been
>> asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
>> quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
>> sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the "r"
>> sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of him![/color]
>
> Ahhh thats great, I love three-year-old stories. My daughter will be 4
> on February 2, and its so sad.. I want her to stay three forever. She
> still looks at me and her Mommy like we can do no wrong, which feels
> pretty good after a day in the rat race.
>
> Here's a cute one... when my daughter Kieran first started talking (oh,
> she was about 18 months or so) she loved this book by Maurice Sendak
> called "In The Night Kitchen".[/color]

My kids liked that too! I think my 15-year-old still has it. She wouldn't
let me pitch any of the Sendak stuff.[color=blue]
>
> Well, she called it "In The Night Chicken". Oh man, that was cute.
> Well, we were headed back from Richmond one night... and we went
> through the McD drive-thru to grab some food... asked Kieran what she
> wanted, and she says, "I WANT NIGHT CHICKEN NUGGETS!"[/color]

LOL[color=blue]
>
> Oh, and she called jeans "jeams", and she says "nuse" (hard u) instead
> of "use", and she says "benembuh" instead of "remember".
>
> Despite this, she knows all of her dinosaurs ... she surprised me the
> other day by bringing me one of her dinosaur books and pointing one
> out... "Look Daddy, this is a pentaceratops!" and she said it
> correctly!
>
>
> I'm having a cute attack.
>[/color]

Right there with ya - the 'night chicken nuggets' reminded me of Katie at
about 4 years old. She loved the Foreigner song, "Juke Box Hero" - which we
thought was cool, but then one time she kept singing the chorus after the
song finished, and we realized she was saying, "*Juice* box hero!" She
liked the song for another reason entirely - it was about juice boxes!
hehehe

But my favorite young Katie story is when she was 5: She was telling me
about this boy named Nick (Most people call him "Bud") that she was going to
marry when she grew up. About three weeks later, she was telling me she was
going to marry a kid named Christopher. I asked her what happened to Bud,
and she replied, "Oh he'll be my *ex*-husband."

LOL

You should have seen her eyes when I said, "So you think Daddy is only my
first husband?" That was the end of that.

:-)

Natalie

"Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
[color=blue]
>
>"Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
>news:1136377427.947265.47080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
>>
>> badgolferman wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is even
>>> funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
>>> days.
>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>
>>> There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
>>> Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
>>> amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are interested:
>>> [url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
>>> mepage.html
>>>
>>> My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
>>> tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has a
>>> name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One of
>>> the other engines is named Percy.
>>>
>>> Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has been
>>> asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
>>> quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
>>> sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the "r"
>>> sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of him![/color]
>>
>> Ahhh thats great, I love three-year-old stories. My daughter will be 4
>> on February 2, and its so sad.. I want her to stay three forever. She
>> still looks at me and her Mommy like we can do no wrong, which feels
>> pretty good after a day in the rat race.
>>
>> Here's a cute one... when my daughter Kieran first started talking (oh,
>> she was about 18 months or so) she loved this book by Maurice Sendak
>> called "In The Night Kitchen".[/color]
>
>My kids liked that too! I think my 15-year-old still has it. She wouldn't
>let me pitch any of the Sendak stuff.[color=green]
>>
>> Well, she called it "In The Night Chicken". Oh man, that was cute.
>> Well, we were headed back from Richmond one night... and we went
>> through the McD drive-thru to grab some food... asked Kieran what she
>> wanted, and she says, "I WANT NIGHT CHICKEN NUGGETS!"[/color]
>
>LOL[color=green]
>>
>> Oh, and she called jeans "jeams", and she says "nuse" (hard u) instead
>> of "use", and she says "benembuh" instead of "remember".
>>
>> Despite this, she knows all of her dinosaurs ... she surprised me the
>> other day by bringing me one of her dinosaur books and pointing one
>> out... "Look Daddy, this is a pentaceratops!" and she said it
>> correctly!
>>
>>
>> I'm having a cute attack.
>>[/color]
>
>Right there with ya - the 'night chicken nuggets' reminded me of Katie at
>about 4 years old. She loved the Foreigner song, "Juke Box Hero" - which we
>thought was cool, but then one time she kept singing the chorus after the
>song finished, and we realized she was saying, "*Juice* box hero!" She
>liked the song for another reason entirely - it was about juice boxes!
>hehehe
>
>But my favorite young Katie story is when she was 5: She was telling me
>about this boy named Nick (Most people call him "Bud") that she was going to
>marry when she grew up. About three weeks later, she was telling me she was
>going to marry a kid named Christopher. I asked her what happened to Bud,
>and she replied, "Oh he'll be my *ex*-husband."
>
>LOL
>
>You should have seen her eyes when I said, "So you think Daddy is only my
>first husband?" That was the end of that.
>
>:-)
>
>Natalie
>
>[/color]
Reminds me of our next door neighbour's little daughter who's 4
going on 20. An only child and about the brightest little blonde
thing that I've ever seen. When I'm outside she comes over
sometimes and sits by me and discusses the seagulls etc.

One day about two months ago, as she was leaving for home I said
"Bye baby girl"...WELL!!...she wheeled around, hands on hips and
with an incredulous look said "BABY"?!? as if I had given her one
of the worst insults that I could have. I think she sees herself
as about twenty. Boy, did I ever have to backtrack rapidly!...I
think she's forgiven me now though. What an absolute treasure
little kids are...I had four of them...I miss them...
--

-Gord.
(use gordon in email)

"Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
news:1136377427.947265.47080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=blue]
>
> badgolferman wrote:[color=green]
>> This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is even
>> funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
>> days.
>> -------------------------------------------
>>
>> There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
>> Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
>> amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are interested:
>> [url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
>> mepage.html
>>
>> My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
>> tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has a
>> name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One of
>> the other engines is named Percy.
>>
>> Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has been
>> asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
>> quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
>> sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the "r"
>> sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of him![/color]
>
> Ahhh thats great, I love three-year-old stories. My daughter will be 4
> on February 2, and its so sad.. I want her to stay three forever. She
> still looks at me and her Mommy like we can do no wrong, which feels
> pretty good after a day in the rat race.
>
> Here's a cute one... when my daughter Kieran first started talking (oh,
> she was about 18 months or so) she loved this book by Maurice Sendak
> called "In The Night Kitchen".
>
> Well, she called it "In The Night Chicken". Oh man, that was cute.
> Well, we were headed back from Richmond one night... and we went
> through the McD drive-thru to grab some food... asked Kieran what she
> wanted, and she says, "I WANT NIGHT CHICKEN NUGGETS!"
>
> Oh, and she called jeans "jeams", and she says "nuse" (hard u) instead
> of "use", and she says "benembuh" instead of "remember".
>
> Despite this, she knows all of her dinosaurs ... she surprised me the
> other day by bringing me one of her dinosaur books and pointing one
> out... "Look Daddy, this is a pentaceratops!" and she said it
> correctly!
>
>
> I'm having a cute attack.
>[/color]

What is it with kids and McDonalds. Amazing, my 3 year old daughter asks for
McNuggets too. Very cute.

Dan J.S. wrote:[color=blue]
> "Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1136377427.947265.47080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
> >
> > badgolferman wrote:[color=darkred]
> >> This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is even
> >> funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
> >> days.
> >> -------------------------------------------
> >>
> >> There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
> >> Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
> >> amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are interested:
> >> [url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
> >> mepage.html
> >>
> >> My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
> >> tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has a
> >> name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One of
> >> the other engines is named Percy.
> >>
> >> Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has been
> >> asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
> >> quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
> >> sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the "r"
> >> sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of him![/color]
> >
> > Ahhh thats great, I love three-year-old stories. My daughter will be 4
> > on February 2, and its so sad.. I want her to stay three forever. She
> > still looks at me and her Mommy like we can do no wrong, which feels
> > pretty good after a day in the rat race.
> >
> > Here's a cute one... when my daughter Kieran first started talking (oh,
> > she was about 18 months or so) she loved this book by Maurice Sendak
> > called "In The Night Kitchen".
> >
> > Well, she called it "In The Night Chicken". Oh man, that was cute.
> > Well, we were headed back from Richmond one night... and we went
> > through the McD drive-thru to grab some food... asked Kieran what she
> > wanted, and she says, "I WANT NIGHT CHICKEN NUGGETS!"
> >
> > Oh, and she called jeans "jeams", and she says "nuse" (hard u) instead
> > of "use", and she says "benembuh" instead of "remember".
> >
> > Despite this, she knows all of her dinosaurs ... she surprised me the
> > other day by bringing me one of her dinosaur books and pointing one
> > out... "Look Daddy, this is a pentaceratops!" and she said it
> > correctly!
> >
> >
> > I'm having a cute attack.
> >[/color]
>
> What is it with kids and McDonalds.[/color]

Evil republicans. You may know that McDonalds Inc. is an avid
supporter of the Republican party, notwithstanding the politically
correct decorations they put on their recycled product bags.

Gord Beaman wrote:[color=blue]
> "Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >
> >"Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:1136377427.947265.47080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=darkred]
> >>
> >> badgolferman wrote:
> >>> This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is even
> >>> funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
> >>> days.
> >>> -------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
> >>> Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
> >>> amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are interested:
> >>> [url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
> >>> mepage.html
> >>>
> >>> My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
> >>> tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has a
> >>> name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One of
> >>> the other engines is named Percy.
> >>>
> >>> Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has been
> >>> asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
> >>> quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
> >>> sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the "r"
> >>> sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of him!
> >>
> >> Ahhh thats great, I love three-year-old stories. My daughter will be 4
> >> on February 2, and its so sad.. I want her to stay three forever. She
> >> still looks at me and her Mommy like we can do no wrong, which feels
> >> pretty good after a day in the rat race.
> >>
> >> Here's a cute one... when my daughter Kieran first started talking (oh,
> >> she was about 18 months or so) she loved this book by Maurice Sendak
> >> called "In The Night Kitchen".[/color]
> >
> >My kids liked that too! I think my 15-year-old still has it. She wouldn't
> >let me pitch any of the Sendak stuff.[color=darkred]
> >>
> >> Well, she called it "In The Night Chicken". Oh man, that was cute.
> >> Well, we were headed back from Richmond one night... and we went
> >> through the McD drive-thru to grab some food... asked Kieran what she
> >> wanted, and she says, "I WANT NIGHT CHICKEN NUGGETS!"[/color]
> >
> >LOL[color=darkred]
> >>
> >> Oh, and she called jeans "jeams", and she says "nuse" (hard u) instead
> >> of "use", and she says "benembuh" instead of "remember".
> >>
> >> Despite this, she knows all of her dinosaurs ... she surprised me the
> >> other day by bringing me one of her dinosaur books and pointing one
> >> out... "Look Daddy, this is a pentaceratops!" and she said it
> >> correctly!
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm having a cute attack.
> >>[/color]
> >
> >Right there with ya - the 'night chicken nuggets' reminded me of Katie at
> >about 4 years old. She loved the Foreigner song, "Juke Box Hero" - which we
> >thought was cool, but then one time she kept singing the chorus after the
> >song finished, and we realized she was saying, "*Juice* box hero!" She
> >liked the song for another reason entirely - it was about juice boxes!
> >hehehe
> >
> >But my favorite young Katie story is when she was 5: She was telling me
> >about this boy named Nick (Most people call him "Bud") that she was going to
> >marry when she grew up. About three weeks later, she was telling me shewas
> >going to marry a kid named Christopher. I asked her what happened to Bud,
> >and she replied, "Oh he'll be my *ex*-husband."
> >
> >LOL
> >
> >You should have seen her eyes when I said, "So you think Daddy is only my
> >first husband?" That was the end of that.
> >
> >:-)
> >
> >Natalie
> >
> >[/color]
> Reminds me of our next door neighbour's little daughter who's 4
> going on 20. An only child and about the brightest little blonde
> thing that I've ever seen. When I'm outside she comes over
> sometimes and sits by me and discusses the seagulls etc.
>
> One day about two months ago, as she was leaving for home I said
> "Bye baby girl"...WELL!!...she wheeled around, hands on hips and
> with an incredulous look said "BABY"?!? as if I had given her one
> of the worst insults that I could have. I think she sees herself
> as about twenty. Boy, did I ever have to backtrack rapidly!...I
> think she's forgiven me now though. What an absolute treasure
> little kids are...I had four of them...I miss them...[/color]

My daughter won't let us call her "cute" anymore. Whenever we do she
reminds us,

"I'm not cute. Babies are cute. I'm not a baby anymore."

"Dan J.S." <me@hyperx.com> wrote:
snip
[color=blue]
>
>What is it with kids and McDonalds. Amazing, my 3 year old daughter asks for
>McNuggets too. Very cute.
>[/color]

It's damned smart advertising and 'Image Projection'...they're a
very successful business enterprise, they take much pains with
their 'Image', to come across as a friendly clean enterprise.

My wife's in senior management (been with them for over 30 years
now) so I see lot's of evidence of that.

There's very few of the young people in this small city who
hasn't started out there, and been the better for it.
--

-Gord.
(use gordon in email)

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> "Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
>>
>>"Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>news:1136377427.947265.47080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> badgolferman wrote:
>>>> This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is even
>>>> funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
>>>> days.
>>>> -------------------------------------------
>>>>
>>>> There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
>>>> Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
>>>> amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are interested:
>>>> [url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
>>>> mepage.html
>>>>
>>>> My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
>>>> tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has a
>>>> name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One of
>>>> the other engines is named Percy.
>>>>
>>>> Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has been
>>>> asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
>>>> quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
>>>> sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the "r"
>>>> sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of him!
>>>
>>> Ahhh thats great, I love three-year-old stories. My daughter will be 4
>>> on February 2, and its so sad.. I want her to stay three forever. She
>>> still looks at me and her Mommy like we can do no wrong, which feels
>>> pretty good after a day in the rat race.
>>>
>>> Here's a cute one... when my daughter Kieran first started talking (oh,
>>> she was about 18 months or so) she loved this book by Maurice Sendak
>>> called "In The Night Kitchen".[/color]
>>
>>My kids liked that too! I think my 15-year-old still has it. She
>>wouldn't
>>let me pitch any of the Sendak stuff.[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> Well, she called it "In The Night Chicken". Oh man, that was cute.
>>> Well, we were headed back from Richmond one night... and we went
>>> through the McD drive-thru to grab some food... asked Kieran what she
>>> wanted, and she says, "I WANT NIGHT CHICKEN NUGGETS!"[/color]
>>
>>LOL[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> Oh, and she called jeans "jeams", and she says "nuse" (hard u) instead
>>> of "use", and she says "benembuh" instead of "remember".
>>>
>>> Despite this, she knows all of her dinosaurs ... she surprised me the
>>> other day by bringing me one of her dinosaur books and pointing one
>>> out... "Look Daddy, this is a pentaceratops!" and she said it
>>> correctly!
>>>
>>>
>>> I'm having a cute attack.
>>>[/color]
>>
>>Right there with ya - the 'night chicken nuggets' reminded me of Katie at
>>about 4 years old. She loved the Foreigner song, "Juke Box Hero" - which
>>we
>>thought was cool, but then one time she kept singing the chorus after the
>>song finished, and we realized she was saying, "*Juice* box hero!" She
>>liked the song for another reason entirely - it was about juice boxes!
>>hehehe
>>
>>But my favorite young Katie story is when she was 5: She was telling me
>>about this boy named Nick (Most people call him "Bud") that she was going
>>to
>>marry when she grew up. About three weeks later, she was telling me she
>>was
>>going to marry a kid named Christopher. I asked her what happened to Bud,
>>and she replied, "Oh he'll be my *ex*-husband."
>>
>>LOL
>>
>>You should have seen her eyes when I said, "So you think Daddy is only my
>>first husband?" That was the end of that.
>>
>>:-)
>>
>>Natalie
>>
>>[/color]
> Reminds me of our next door neighbour's little daughter who's 4
> going on 20. An only child and about the brightest little blonde
> thing that I've ever seen. When I'm outside she comes over
> sometimes and sits by me and discusses the seagulls etc.
>
> One day about two months ago, as she was leaving for home I said
> "Bye baby girl"...WELL!!...she wheeled around, hands on hips and
> with an incredulous look said "BABY"?!? as if I had given her one
> of the worst insults that I could have. I think she sees herself
> as about twenty. Boy, did I ever have to backtrack rapidly!...I
> think she's forgiven me now though. What an absolute treasure
> little kids are...I had four of them...I miss them...
> --
>
> -Gord.[/color]

LOL - you want mine...they're a little older than that, but sometimes I
think they're tots again...

;-)

Natalie

"Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> Dan J.S. wrote:[color=green]
>> "Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>> >
>> > badgolferman wrote:
>> >> This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is even
>> >> funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
>> >> days.
>> >> -------------------------------------------
>> >>
>> >> There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
>> >> Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
>> >> amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are
>> >> interested:
>> >> [url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
>> >> mepage.html
>> >>
>> >> My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
>> >> tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has a
>> >> name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One of
>> >> the other engines is named Percy.
>> >>
>> >> Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has
>> >> been
>> >> asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
>> >> quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
>> >> sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the
>> >> "r"
>> >> sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of him!
>> >
>> > Ahhh thats great, I love three-year-old stories. My daughter will be 4
>> > on February 2, and its so sad.. I want her to stay three forever. She
>> > still looks at me and her Mommy like we can do no wrong, which feels
>> > pretty good after a day in the rat race.
>> >
>> > Here's a cute one... when my daughter Kieran first started talking (oh,
>> > she was about 18 months or so) she loved this book by Maurice Sendak
>> > called "In The Night Kitchen".
>> >
>> > Well, she called it "In The Night Chicken". Oh man, that was cute.
>> > Well, we were headed back from Richmond one night... and we went
>> > through the McD drive-thru to grab some food... asked Kieran what she
>> > wanted, and she says, "I WANT NIGHT CHICKEN NUGGETS!"
>> >
>> > Oh, and she called jeans "jeams", and she says "nuse" (hard u) instead
>> > of "use", and she says "benembuh" instead of "remember".
>> >
>> > Despite this, she knows all of her dinosaurs ... she surprised me the
>> > other day by bringing me one of her dinosaur books and pointing one
>> > out... "Look Daddy, this is a pentaceratops!" and she said it
>> > correctly!
>> >
>> >
>> > I'm having a cute attack.
>> >[/color]
>>
>> What is it with kids and McDonalds.[/color]
>
> Evil republicans. You may know that McDonalds Inc. is an avid
> supporter of the Republican party, notwithstanding the politically
> correct decorations they put on their recycled product bags.
>[/color]
Gawd, Richard, give it a rest. You took fond reminiscing and shit on it.

Natalie

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Gord Beaman wrote:[color=blue]
> "Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote:
>[color=green]
> >
> >"Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
> >news:1136377427.947265.47080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...[color=darkred]
> >>
> >> badgolferman wrote:
> >>> This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is even
> >>> funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
> >>> days.
> >>> -------------------------------------------
> >>>
> >>> There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
> >>> Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
> >>> amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are
> >>> interested:
> >>> [url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
> >>> mepage.html
> >>>
> >>> My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
> >>> tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has a
> >>> name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One of
> >>> the other engines is named Percy.
> >>>
> >>> Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has
> >>> been
> >>> asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
> >>> quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
> >>> sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the
> >>> "r"
> >>> sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of him!
> >>
> >> Ahhh thats great, I love three-year-old stories. My daughter will be 4
> >> on February 2, and its so sad.. I want her to stay three forever. She
> >> still looks at me and her Mommy like we can do no wrong, which feels
> >> pretty good after a day in the rat race.
> >>
> >> Here's a cute one... when my daughter Kieran first started talking (oh,
> >> she was about 18 months or so) she loved this book by Maurice Sendak
> >> called "In The Night Kitchen".[/color]
> >
> >My kids liked that too! I think my 15-year-old still has it. She
> >wouldn't
> >let me pitch any of the Sendak stuff.[color=darkred]
> >>
> >> Well, she called it "In The Night Chicken". Oh man, that was cute.
> >> Well, we were headed back from Richmond one night... and we went
> >> through the McD drive-thru to grab some food... asked Kieran what she
> >> wanted, and she says, "I WANT NIGHT CHICKEN NUGGETS!"[/color]
> >
> >LOL[color=darkred]
> >>
> >> Oh, and she called jeans "jeams", and she says "nuse" (hard u) instead
> >> of "use", and she says "benembuh" instead of "remember".
> >>
> >> Despite this, she knows all of her dinosaurs ... she surprised me the
> >> other day by bringing me one of her dinosaur books and pointing one
> >> out... "Look Daddy, this is a pentaceratops!" and she said it
> >> correctly!
> >>
> >>
> >> I'm having a cute attack.
> >>[/color]
> >
> >Right there with ya - the 'night chicken nuggets' reminded me of Katie at
> >about 4 years old. She loved the Foreigner song, "Juke Box Hero" - which
> >we
> >thought was cool, but then one time she kept singing the chorus after the
> >song finished, and we realized she was saying, "*Juice* box hero!" She
> >liked the song for another reason entirely - it was about juice boxes!
> >hehehe
> >
> >But my favorite young Katie story is when she was 5: She was telling me
> >about this boy named Nick (Most people call him "Bud") that she was going
> >to
> >marry when she grew up. About three weeks later, she was telling me she
> >was
> >going to marry a kid named Christopher. I asked her what happened to
> >Bud,
> >and she replied, "Oh he'll be my *ex*-husband."
> >
> >LOL
> >
> >You should have seen her eyes when I said, "So you think Daddy is only my
> >first husband?" That was the end of that.
> >
> >:-)
> >
> >Natalie
> >
> >[/color]
> Reminds me of our next door neighbour's little daughter who's 4
> going on 20. An only child and about the brightest little blonde
> thing that I've ever seen. When I'm outside she comes over
> sometimes and sits by me and discusses the seagulls etc.
>
> One day about two months ago, as she was leaving for home I said
> "Bye baby girl"...WELL!!...she wheeled around, hands on hips and
> with an incredulous look said "BABY"?!? as if I had given her one
> of the worst insults that I could have. I think she sees herself
> as about twenty. Boy, did I ever have to backtrack rapidly!...I
> think she's forgiven me now though. What an absolute treasure
> little kids are...I had four of them...I miss them...[/color]

My daughter won't let us call her "cute" anymore. Whenever we do she
reminds us,

"I'm not cute. Babies are cute. I'm not a baby anymore."

Richard

My 15 1/2 and 18 year olds are still cute.

:-P

Natalie

"Gord Beaman" <gord@islandtelecom.com> wrote in message
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> "Dan J.S." <me@hyperx.com> wrote:
> snip
>[color=green]
>>
>>What is it with kids and McDonalds. Amazing, my 3 year old daughter asks
>>for
>>McNuggets too. Very cute.
>>[/color]
>
> It's damned smart advertising and 'Image Projection'...they're a
> very successful business enterprise, they take much pains with
> their 'Image', to come across as a friendly clean enterprise.
>
> My wife's in senior management (been with them for over 30 years
> now) so I see lot's of evidence of that.
>
> There's very few of the young people in this small city who
> hasn't started out there, and been the better for it.
> --
>
> -Gord.[/color]

I worked at McD's from age 14 through high school. Worst effing job I ever
had! It took my first pregnancy (And a craving for Big Macs) to get me back
there. I still prefer Wendy's.

McD's treats their teen help like crap - at least they did in the US (I've
heard horror stories from everyone else I know who has worked there)

Natalie, scarred McD veteran

"Wickeddoll®" <wickeddoll1958DIEspammersDIE@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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>
> "Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1136393208.235750.286820@z14g2000cwz.googlegroups.com...[color=green]
>>
>> Dan J.S. wrote:[color=darkred]
>>> "Learning Richard" <learningrichard@gmail.com> wrote in message
>>> news:1136377427.947265.47080@g47g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
>>> >
>>> > badgolferman wrote:
>>> >> This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is even
>>> >> funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
>>> >> days.
>>> >> -------------------------------------------
>>> >>
>>> >> There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
>>> >> Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
>>> >> amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are
>>> >> interested:
>>> >> [url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
>>> >> mepage.html
>>> >>
>>> >> My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
>>> >> tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has
>>> >> a
>>> >> name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One of
>>> >> the other engines is named Percy.
>>> >>
>>> >> Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has
>>> >> been
>>> >> asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
>>> >> quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
>>> >> sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the
>>> >> "r"
>>> >> sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of
>>> >> him!
>>> >
>>> > Ahhh thats great, I love three-year-old stories. My daughter will be
>>> > 4
>>> > on February 2, and its so sad.. I want her to stay three forever. She
>>> > still looks at me and her Mommy like we can do no wrong, which feels
>>> > pretty good after a day in the rat race.
>>> >
>>> > Here's a cute one... when my daughter Kieran first started talking
>>> > (oh,
>>> > she was about 18 months or so) she loved this book by Maurice Sendak
>>> > called "In The Night Kitchen".
>>> >
>>> > Well, she called it "In The Night Chicken". Oh man, that was cute.
>>> > Well, we were headed back from Richmond one night... and we went
>>> > through the McD drive-thru to grab some food... asked Kieran what she
>>> > wanted, and she says, "I WANT NIGHT CHICKEN NUGGETS!"
>>> >
>>> > Oh, and she called jeans "jeams", and she says "nuse" (hard u) instead
>>> > of "use", and she says "benembuh" instead of "remember".
>>> >
>>> > Despite this, she knows all of her dinosaurs ... she surprised me the
>>> > other day by bringing me one of her dinosaur books and pointing one
>>> > out... "Look Daddy, this is a pentaceratops!" and she said it
>>> > correctly!
>>> >
>>> >
>>> > I'm having a cute attack.
>>> >
>>>
>>> What is it with kids and McDonalds.[/color]
>>
>> Evil republicans. You may know that McDonalds Inc. is an avid
>> supporter of the Republican party, notwithstanding the politically
>> correct decorations they put on their recycled product bags.
>>[/color]
> Gawd, Richard, give it a rest. You took fond reminiscing and shit on it.
>
> Natalie[/color]

Come on Natalie, don't beat around the bush. Just tell him how you really
feel....lol

"Truckdude" ...[color=blue]
>
> "Wickeddoll®" ...[color=green]
>>
>> "Learning Richard" ...[color=darkred]
>>>
>>> Dan J.S. wrote:
>>>> "Learning Richard" ...
>>>> >
>>>> > badgolferman wrote:
>>>> >> This is not a regular joke for today, but sometimes real life is
>>>> >> even
>>>> >> funnier. This is a true story of what's happening in my house these
>>>> >> days.
>>>> >> -------------------------------------------
>>>> >>
>>>> >> There is a children's show on television called "Thomas the Tank
>>>> >> Engine" where there are railroads and trains that are used to tell
>>>> >> amusing stories for little kids. Here is a link if you are
>>>> >> interested:
>>>> >> [url]http://www.thomasandfriends.com/usa/thomas_the_tank_engine_us_website_ho[/url]
>>>> >> mepage.html
>>>> >>
>>>> >> My nearly three-year-old son loves this show and has several of the
>>>> >> tracks and engines for playthings around the house. Each engine has
>>>> >> a
>>>> >> name and a face and of course the most popular one is Thomas. One
>>>> >> of
>>>> >> the other engines is named Percy.
>>>> >>
>>>> >> Lately my boy has taken a liking to the engine named Percy and has
>>>> >> been
>>>> >> asking for it incessantly. Since he just started talking he hasn't
>>>> >> quite mastered the complete alphabet and has trouble making the "r"
>>>> >> sound. When he says "I want Percy, I want Percy, I want Percy" the
>>>> >> "r"
>>>> >> sound is completely silent. Needless to say, I am quite proud of
>>>> >> him!
>>>> >
>>>> > Ahhh thats great, I love three-year-old stories. My daughter will be
>>>> > 4
>>>> > on February 2, and its so sad.. I want her to stay three forever.
>>>> > She
>>>> > still looks at me and her Mommy like we can do no wrong, which feels
>>>> > pretty good after a day in the rat race.
>>>> >
>>>> > Here's a cute one... when my daughter Kieran first started talking
>>>> > (oh,
>>>> > she was about 18 months or so) she loved this book by Maurice Sendak
>>>> > called "In The Night Kitchen".
>>>> >
>>>> > Well, she called it "In The Night Chicken". Oh man, that was cute.
>>>> > Well, we were headed back from Richmond one night... and we went
>>>> > through the McD drive-thru to grab some food... asked Kieran what she
>>>> > wanted, and she says, "I WANT NIGHT CHICKEN NUGGETS!"
>>>> >
>>>> > Oh, and she called jeans "jeams", and she says "nuse" (hard u)
>>>> > instead
>>>> > of "use", and she says "benembuh" instead of "remember".
>>>> >
>>>> > Despite this, she knows all of her dinosaurs ... she surprised me the
>>>> > other day by bringing me one of her dinosaur books and pointing one
>>>> > out... "Look Daddy, this is a pentaceratops!" and she said it
>>>> > correctly!
>>>> >
>>>> >
>>>> > I'm having a cute attack.
>>>> >
>>>>
>>>> What is it with kids and McDonalds.
>>>
>>> Evil republicans. You may know that McDonalds Inc. is an avid
>>> supporter of the Republican party, notwithstanding the politically
>>> correct decorations they put on their recycled product bags.
>>>[/color]
>> Gawd, Richard, give it a rest. You took fond reminiscing and shit on it.
>>
>> Natalie[/color]
>
> Come on Natalie, don't beat around the bush. Just tell him how you really
> feel....lol
>
>[/color]
Heh - well he soured my 'mommy' moment, dammit!

:-)

Natalie