I am Shvesterson, son of Tante Shvester. I am 14 years old and will be entering high school in September. My hobbies include writing poetry, performing magic, and clowning acts (i do birthday parties for children) But enough about me, I want to know what others think of my mom (i.e. is she cool or hopelessly lame, funny and interesting, or dull and boring...) Tell me what you think. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
You poor dear. Your mom is cool -- and I remember how difficult it can be to have a mom everyone thinks is cool.
Welcome to Hatrack! Posted by quidscribis (Member # 5124) on :
My sympathies on having a wonderfully cool, intelligent, entertaining, and interesting mother.
Nah, I take that back. I wish my mother was like her. I think I'm just jealous. Posted by Son of Shvester (Member # 8489) on :
rivka, I hear my mom is meeting you maby i'll tag along and meet you and my mom's other online friends
Posted by TomDavidson (Member # 124) on :
Hm. She doesn't actually meet my definition of "cool," but she's certainly pleasant, intelligent, and occasionally amusing. She's the kind of person I would gladly have over for coffee, but not the kind of person I would ask for new music recommendations.
Posted by Son of Shvester (Member # 8489) on :
I am amazed to find out my mom is cool. Perhaps i am seeing a side of her that she does not show around the house.
Posted by Son of Shvester (Member # 8489) on :
why didn't I know my mom was cool?
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
She's clever and sassy. I'd call her cool.
Posted by Narnia (Member # 1071) on :
Sassy. Lyrhawn, that's the perfect word. She's very sassy, and she's quite good at promoting 'the funny.' I enjoy her tremendously!
And welcome to the board Shvesterson! Posted by Icarus (Member # 3162) on :
Welcome!
Good luck in school this year!
I think Tante is immensely cool. (Clearly I define the word differently than Tom does.) Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
If cool was defined by post rate, she'd be off the charts.
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
We'd have to invent a new rating system just to define her.
Posted by Boris (Member # 6935) on :
Oddly enough, she reminds me of my aunt. And she's cool so...
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
You don't know her that well, that's why...
And how could you with her neglecting you to post on Hatrack non-stop? Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
quote:Originally posted by Son of Shvester: rivka, I hear my mom is meeting you maby i'll tag along and meet you and my mom's other online friends
I hear this too. I hope you do tag along! Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
I wish my aunts were that cool. J'ai cinq tantes, and they are all very boring (except one, who is really nice, but cool? nah).
There should be an adopt an aunt program out there. I claim Tante Shvester!
Posted by Scott R (Member # 567) on :
Mmm. . .
It doesn't matter what we think. It matters that you respect her, and are a good, obedient son who will bring his mother honor and flowers on her birthday.
That would make you immensely, outrageously, fantasmagorariphically cool.
And it'd make her feel good, and then you'd notice she's a lot cooler.
Posted by imogen (Member # 5485) on :
I second (third?) sassy.
And I think she's more than occasionally amusing.
Posted by Beren One Hand (Member # 3403) on :
"I am amazed to find out my mom is cool. Perhaps i am seeing a side of her that she does not show around the house."
Maybe you're not cool enough to appreciate how cool she is.
Welcome to the Rack. Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
<peeks in at this new thread> (OH!)
You see, I've been telling my kid for years that I'm cool, and that the young people love me because I'm hip to their scene. You know the ? He's got that one down pat.
Tom, you are in the minority opinion about my coolness factor, but I've got to admit, you've got a point there. My favorite music is so out of style that they don't even have a radio station that plays it. I like folk music. And my favorite song is "Dueling Banjos". A close second is the theme song to "The Good The Bad and The Ugly" (whistle whistle-oo mwah MWAH mwah katsheee katakatatsheeee)
But let me say that being in the minority does not make you incorrect. I almost always hold the minority opinion, and I'm almost never wrong.
It's hard to see someone as cool when they're telling you to mow the yard.
And to everyone else who posted and thinks that I am cool. This is an instance where the majority opinion is the correct one. Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
"Is Tante Shvester cool"... *Snort* Is the Rabbi Jewish?!
She's the Pillar of Hatrack's New Tide!
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Jeepers. I don't think I've ever been described as the pillar of a tide before. I didn't even know that tides have pillars.
Live and learn.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
I fourth sassy. It doesn't come easy to me like it does for Shvester. Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Well, Tante, it seems you've gone from poster to pillar.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
I translated the term "עַמּוּד תָּוֶךְ" into English. The New Tide of Hatrack (in other words: its recent character) is held up as a monument because you are the pillar of it. You are the Pillar of the New Tide!
Posted by Tatiana (Member # 6776) on :
Elizabeth Posted by Dan_raven (Member # 3383) on :
Oh, and to make sure we do not complete a page on topic, Hey to a fellow clown.
Both my wife and I are clowns, but practice the art very rarily these days.
I have a friend who started doing birthday shows as a kid. He owned his own entertainment company and made quite a good living at it--until he sold it for big bucks and went to work for his dad. He hasn't been happy since.
Keep up the good smiles.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
I forgot to say welcome to Son of Shvester. Welcome to Hatrack!
How did you learn magic? I've always wanted to learn to do a faro shuffle (aka perfect shuffle), but I fear I'm too clumsy.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
You've got to have the power, Morbo, that's how it works.
Posted by Morbo (Member # 5309) on :
If only I was one of the Chosen People...
"Choose a people, any people..." *shuffles populations* "Now, is this the people you chose?" Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Shvesterson, son of Tante Shvester, I regret to inform you that your mother has a grave addiction.
She is on this forum day and night, rarely taking time to eat, breathe or use the potty. She seems to be living a life of extremes.
It is my suggestion that you get her professional help as soon as possible, before you lose her forever to this cyber world. Going cold turkey could be dangerous, both for her and for you (handling her reaction), however, I can teach you a few things about disabling a computer to make it more difficult for her to get her daily fix.
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
See! This is why I make sure my family never posts here! All I need is Farmgirl giving them ideas!
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Don't kid yourself. The Gemarah states that opinion somewhere, I'm sure. It states everything!
Edit: In response to Morbo.
[ August 16, 2005, 10:14 AM: Message edited by: Jonathan Howard ]
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
I know how to disable computers too. *picks up hammer*
Posted by Olivet (Member # 1104) on :
I like her a lot, but what's cool to me and cool to you may be two different things.
I remember what it was like having a cool mom. The mom that all my friends called "Mama Ann" and would invite her to the movies with us. *sigh*
You learn to cope. Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
But Shvester is popular on a forum of mainly late-teens and adults; of intelligent and superintelligent; of Jatraqueros and Jatraqueras.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
<peeking in again, on a break from work>
Farmgirl, why you little...
If you keep trying to corrupt my little angel, I'll have to retaliate by convicting him on some trumped-up charges and sentencing him to being grounded from the internet.
(More time on the PC for me! I love being a Mom!)
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
you work ???
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
quote:Originally posted by Farmgirl: you work ???
I work full time. I'm a Nursing Supervisor. I also take care of a very disabled husband when I'm not at work (he has private duty nurses taking care of him part of the time). I also drive the kid around to where he needs to go (but he's a terrific kid, and this is his virgin thread, so no griping about that). I do all the shopping for the family, all the cooking, all the cleaning (well, honestly, all the cleaning that gets done is done by me. Much of it doesn't get done).
If I were a woman of leisure, I'd be able to be on Hatrack more and my post count would be much more impressive. I just fit it in the cracks of the day.
I could quit anytime I want. Really. I could quit right now and make this my last post if I wanted to.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
(but I don't want to)
Posted by Farmgirl (Member # 5567) on :
Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
Oh yes shee is cool ! And that why we love her.
((((Tante Shvester))))
Posted by KarlEd (Member # 571) on :
quote:whistle whistle-oo mwah MWAH mwah
OK, I was just gonna lurk in this thread, but that just threw you clean over the top of MY coolness indicator. I mean, that's about the most perfect textual representation of that tune possible. (That probably says more about my own coolness, which doesn't appear to meet TomD's requirements, either. )
Posted by Lyrhawn (Member # 7039) on :
You're one of the reasons Mother's Day was invented.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
And Choobak himself is no less cooler, though that's not why we love him.
quote: That probably says more about my own coolness, which doesn't appear to meet TomD's requirements, either.
As long as you don't listen to or watch Jeepers Creepers - and I can understand Tom's opinion. Tante, say - where'd you get those eyes? Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
quote:why didn't I know my mom was cool?
I'm gonna go out on a limb and say it's because you're 14.
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
I'm 15. My mum's not cool.
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
But, how do you know she isn't actually cool, and you just can't see it, cause you're her 15-year-old son?
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Because I'm not 14 anymore! Posted by Son of Shvester (Member # 8489) on :
Is there any thing wrong with being 14 cause I can change (eventually)
Posted by Choobak (Member # 7083) on :
Thanks a lot, Jon for your words about me.
So why people love me here ? Posted by Telperion the Silver (Member # 6074) on :
What a cute thread!
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
SoS: No, nothing wrong with being 14; I was just being technical about Megan's wording in my own little humorous way. You will change, don't worry.
Choobak: 'Cause you're great, you're witty, you're so pleasant and because you're you. It's not because you're cool; well, not just...
Posted by Son of Shvester (Member # 8489) on :
Jonathan Howard When i said i'll change I was joking I Actally plan to turn over a new leaf in Febuary
Posted by Great Hatrack (Member # 8233) on :
Wait, what does this have to do with Tante?
Edit: Only saw page two, sorry.
Posted by Great Hatrack (Member # 8233) on :
Alright, now that I know what we are talking about. Shvester, son of, your mother is not cool, she is kool. And she also rather good at making me feel inferior.
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Oh Great Hatrack, you are NOT inferior. You are fo'shizzle |<007. Posted by Son of Shvester (Member # 8489) on :
mom nobody says "fo'shizzle" anymore
Posted by NinjaBirdman (Member # 7114) on :
Hahaha! That gave me a good laugh! Posted by Shawshank (Member # 8453) on :
fo'shizzle- that's great!
Posted by Hamson (Member # 7808) on :
Ditto Birdman
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
quote:Originally posted by Son of Shvester: mom nobody says "fo'shizzle" anymore
Clearly that's not an accurate statement. For example, we can all see that your mother does currently say "fo'shizzle."
Oh dear, does that make this a "your mother" joke?
--Enigmatic
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Hey! I heard that!
Posted by SteveRogers (Member # 7130) on :
I never said "fo'shizzle" except just then.
Posted by Enigmatic (Member # 7785) on :
Don't worry, Tante. Somehow I think "Your momma's such an internet junkie, she posts over 2000 times in 2 months" isn't considered a very harsh Dis out there in the Hood.
--Enigmatic (Teases because he loves! Also, because he's a jerk.)
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Hey, in MY 'hood, "Yo Mama wears her sleeves pushed up above her elbow" is a pretty strong dis.
(Gotta love dem Orthodox Jews)
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
*faints at the very notion*
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
*offers rivka Diamond Crystal Kosher Smelling Salts*
Posted by Megan (Member # 5290) on :
*waves smelling salts under rivka's nose*
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
*Disses Ultra-Orthodoxy again and p*sses Rivka off.*
Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Yeah, since I don't particularly appreciate the term "ultra-Orthodox" (because of what it implies), you're doubly striking out.
Any particular reason you seem to enjoy ticking me off? Did I do or say something?
Posted by Tante Shvester (Member # 8202) on :
Jon refuses to sleep all night, and his judgement is more impaired than usual. Jon -- be a mentch and be nice. No more disses or pisses from you!
Posted by Jonathan Howard (Member # 6934) on :
Nah, Rivka, it's just that you hate it when I'm complaining about fundamentalism. So the fact that you faint at what populism calls antifundamentalism is the encouragement for me to say a remark you wouldn't like. Posted by rivka (Member # 4859) on :
Perhaps I was fainting at the exposed elbows? *averts innocent eyes*
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