Words to Live By
Here are a few exchanges I jotted down because I thought they were funny because I'm their mother.
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After a bath one day, Susie waltzed into the room and exclaimed, "I'm as clean as a weasel!"
She then abruptly paused, with thought-wheels visibly churning, before following it up with
"Are weasels even very clean? -- pause --
I think that otters are probably cleaner...."
I don't think I want her to know it's supposed to be "whistle" until she's thirty or so.
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I entered a loaf of challah in the county fair this year, and when Annie walked into the kitchen and saw me braiding the dough, she scooted right over.
Annika: Oooh, that braided bread is so pretty!
Me: Actually, it's called "challah."
Annie: Oh! [nonchalantly] I know how to put my hair in a challah.
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The girls were playing with a couple of balloons outside, and this was overheard:
Luci: "That balloon died because he got too much fire on him." (Her balloon had caught on fire in the game)
Pip, emphatically: "NO! He died from chambermaids. He had too much of them."
There's your warning, folks. Never, ever, EVER have too many chambermaids.
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The End.
2 comments :
Wonderful, all.
I was so confused by the weasel comment. Glad you clarified that.
Also, otters are also weasels. So I think she's right, and you're best not to correct her.
I knew they were both mustelids, but your comment confused me UNTIL I consulted wikipedia. Apparently, I'm British and refer to only the lesser weasels as weasels instead of the entire family as weasels (as the rest of America does; who knew?). This might also explain the corny British accent that pops out of my mouth from time to time.
I blame too much reading of The Wind in the Willows as a child, in which the slimy weasels are clearly distinguished from noble Otter.
The big question is this, though:
Are whistles weasels? And, if they are, how many whistles would a weasel whistle if a weasel could whistle whistles?
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