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Posted by Chris Bridges (Member # 1138) on :

It's summertime, and the monsters are loose

School's out for summer! (Cue Alice Cooper.) Now you can spend that quality time with your children that you've been missing. Now you'll be able to listen to their hopes, their dreams, and every single freaking detail of their video game exploits, which they will come tell you about no matter what you're doing, even if you're performing open-heart surgery.

"Well, page him,' they'll say. 'My last move was so cool! And then I jumped like this and. . ."

Generally about a week of this much bonding is all anyone can take without handfuls of antidepressants and Scotch chasers, which is why summer activities are so very important.

Posted by pooka (Member # 5003) on :

I'll let you know how my plans to teach my daughter German and Anatomy, as well as brush up on math and maintain her piano studies go. Last summer was a write off, as we will living in my in laws basement.

P.S. I thought this was going to be about movie monsters. That article about the man who sued his nul-wife for trapping him was sad.

[ June 02, 2004, 01:39 AM: Message edited by: pooka ]

Posted by Sopwith (Member # 4640) on :

Still cracking up over the aluminum carport... [ROFL]

Posted by BannaOj (Member # 3206) on :

lmao. btw you should put htttp:// in front of those two links "camp" links if you actually want them to work in other browsers.

AJ

[ June 02, 2004, 11:35 AM: Message edited by: BannaOj ]

Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :

So you're saying I'm not the ONLY parent who has kids calling at work during the day to tell me play-by-play on how they beat their Warcraft enemy of the day?

[Big Grin]

Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :

very funny.

I was miffed last week when fried computers kept me out of your collumn for hours. This week I'm glad....

Wait a minute.

THATS WHERE MY CARPORT WENT.

Posted by Space Opera (Member # 6504) on :

Very funny. I like the idea of planting sand spurs in your yard so that other children avoid congregating there. *goes out to plant*

space opera

Posted by Dragon (Member # 3670) on :

[ROFL]

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But no, cops call it "abandonment" and get all huffy about it.

Amazing as usual Chris. [Hat]