Son 1: "If you trebuchet an infinite amount of monkeys with an infinite amount of typewriters, eventually the blood splatter will reproduce the complete works of Shakespeare."
Saturday, 28 December 2013
Tuesday, 24 December 2013
How Catan was Settled
Dad: "Anyone got a sheep for a wood?"
Son 2: "I'VE got a SHEEP for your WOOD."
Son 1: "Anyone got a beaver for mine?"
Son 2: "I'VE got a SHEEP for your WOOD."
Son 1: "Anyone got a beaver for mine?"
Saturday, 21 December 2013
Thursday, 19 December 2013
Season's Grievings
Me: "Did you see those photos of the Nazi Christmas dinner party with Hitler?"
Grandpa: "It wasn't Christmas, it was Festivus. Airing of Grievances, Feats of Strength. How could that not be a German holiday?"
Grandpa: "It wasn't Christmas, it was Festivus. Airing of Grievances, Feats of Strength. How could that not be a German holiday?"
Friday, 13 December 2013
Pithy Party
Me: "Certainty is the idiot's folly."
Son 2: "What?"
Me: "I dunno. I just made it up."
Son 2: "Ah. So, the waffle picks it's garlic last."
Son 2: "What?"
Me: "I dunno. I just made it up."
Son 2: "Ah. So, the waffle picks it's garlic last."
Wednesday, 11 December 2013
Dressing Down
Son 2: "Can I have a suit for Christmas."
Me: "No, but maybe for your birthday."
Son 2: "But Mom, I already have a birthday suit."
Me: "No, but maybe for your birthday."
Son 2: "But Mom, I already have a birthday suit."
Monday, 9 December 2013
Grande Gesture
Son 1: "Don't risk giving Starbucks coffee to a street person. If someone looks homeless, there's a pretty good chance they're actually a hipster."
Saturday, 7 December 2013
Thursday, 5 December 2013
Case in Point...
Son 2: "Mom, are you enjoying the SAUSAGE?... In your MOUTH?..."
Me: "Not sure. I've just tried the tip."
Son 2: "MOM!"
Dad: "Dude. You should know better."
Me: "Not sure. I've just tried the tip."
Son 2: "MOM!"
Dad: "Dude. You should know better."
Tuesday, 3 December 2013
Excursionary Behaviour
Son 1: "... but I don't know if I want to go to that show..."
Dad: "There's probably going to be scantily clad female acrobats."
Son 1: "Yes, but if I stay home I have access to the internet, making that a non-issue."
Dad: "There's probably going to be scantily clad female acrobats."
Son 1: "Yes, but if I stay home I have access to the internet, making that a non-issue."
Sunday, 1 December 2013
Road Regrets
Me: "Your dad took the Prius in to be looked at."
Son 1: "Did he take it to a gynecologist?"
Me: "I wish your misogyny wasn't so funny."
Son 1: "Did he take it to a gynecologist?"
Me: "I wish your misogyny wasn't so funny."
Saturday, 30 November 2013
Screen Testy
Me: "Sorry. I didn't come across any new funny YouTube videos today."
Son 2: "Mom... I'm afraid we're going to have to let you go."
Son 2: "Mom... I'm afraid we're going to have to let you go."
Wednesday, 27 November 2013
Chinese take-away
Dad: "Listen to this! 'Ching Shih the Chinese pirate queen commanded over 20,000 to 40,000 pirates and went undefeated for years until 1810, when amnesty was offered to all pirates from the Chinese government. She ended her career that year, accepting an amnesty offer. She kept her loot, and opened a gambling house. She died in 1844, at the age of 69.'"
Son 2: "He he. 69."
...
Dad: "Really? That's what you're taking away from this?"
...
Dad: "Really? That's what you're taking away from this?"
Wednesday, 20 November 2013
Special Defects
Son 1: "...speaking of CGI movie midgets, did you hear the latest about Tom Cruise and Scientology?..."
Tuesday, 19 November 2013
Marvel-us
Son 2: "Don't make fun of the movie! It's a part of my heritage!"
Me: "'Thor' is NOT a part of your heritage."
Son 2: "I wish Thor was my real dad!"
Me: "Me too."
Me: "'Thor' is NOT a part of your heritage."
Son 2: "I wish Thor was my real dad!"
Me: "Me too."
Sunday, 17 November 2013
Unsettling Strands
Son 2: "Mom, I'm growing hair on my big toes and it's freaking me out."
Son 1: "That's the disgusting miracle of puberty."
Son 1: "That's the disgusting miracle of puberty."
Saturday, 16 November 2013
Bawdy of Knowledge
Me: "You know, I WANT to say you're mature for your age..."
Son 2: "Why not? Because penis penis penis vagina boobs?"
Son 2: "Why not? Because penis penis penis vagina boobs?"
Friday, 15 November 2013
Royals Decree
Me: "I haven't seen the video for that song by Lorde yet. Wanna watch it?"
Son 2: "Sure!"
Son 1: "And after that you can talk about boys and call then boys and then quickly hang up on boys."
Son 2: "Sure!"
Son 1: "And after that you can talk about boys and call then boys and then quickly hang up on boys."
Thursday, 14 November 2013
Thursday, 31 October 2013
For Halloween
Me: "What's with the 'P' drawn on your t-shirt?"
Son 2: "It's my costume. I'm Pun Man. Or, the PUNisher."
...
Me: "That's... terrible."
Son 2: "But yet you still laugh."
Son 2: "It's my costume. I'm Pun Man. Or, the PUNisher."
...
Me: "That's... terrible."
Son 2: "But yet you still laugh."
Friday, 27 September 2013
Period Peace
Son 2: "Do women have periods because they have too much blood?"
Me: "You KNOW why women have periods..."
Son 1: "So yes. It's also why they're attracted to vampires."
Me: "You KNOW why women have periods..."
Son 1: "So yes. It's also why they're attracted to vampires."
Thursday, 26 September 2013
Pinot-cillin
Me: "You better check your antibiotics' fact sheet before you have some wine."
Son 2: "You should also check to see if there's a pairing list."
Son 2: "You should also check to see if there's a pairing list."
Wednesday, 18 September 2013
Opinion of Diversity
Son 2: "At school we were trying to figure out what TV character stereotype we each were. We decided John was the ethnic one."
Dad: "Isn't he white and British?"
Son 2: "Yeah."
Dad: "Isn't he white and British?"
Son 2: "Yeah."
Tuesday, 10 September 2013
Statistical Advantage
Dad: "I see your choir has 65 girls and 20 boys. That's a 3.5 to 1 ratio."
Son 2: "Yes! 4.5-way!"
Son 2: "Yes! 4.5-way!"
Monday, 12 August 2013
Fore!
Son 1: "In sex ed class we learned it takes 15 minutes of foreplay before a girl can be ready for sexual intercourse."
Me: "I'll get you an egg timer for your birthday."
Me: "I'll get you an egg timer for your birthday."
Saturday, 8 June 2013
Game of Bones
Me: "I love Game of Thrones, but I get tired of the gratuitous female nudity. They all look like models with huge breast implants. It feels out of context and pulls me out of the world."
Son 1: "Sounds horrible! Now I want to watch it SO much less than I did before."
Dad: "It's OK son. I'll watch it for both of us."
Son 1: "Sounds horrible! Now I want to watch it SO much less than I did before."
Dad: "It's OK son. I'll watch it for both of us."
Friday, 7 June 2013
CaNein
Me: "I saw a show about a human dog... he said something like 'Even though I won't always do what you say, I'll always love you unconditionally'".
Son 1: "Just like me! Except for that second part."
Son 1: "Just like me! Except for that second part."
Thursday, 6 June 2013
Tuesday, 4 June 2013
I guess we shouldn't have watched Psycho.
Son 1: "Mom, I love you so much that when you die I'm going to dig up your corpse and use you as an excuse to kill people."
Saturday, 18 May 2013
Inappropriate Positive Reinforcement
Son 1: "Who are we still allowed to make fun of? Germans? They DID start two world wars.."
Son 2: "If they start a third, they get a free coffee."
Monday, 13 May 2013
Lapsetop
Son 1: "My computer needs to go in for repair."
Me: "What happened?"
Son 1: "Poor planning and gravity."
Sunday, 28 April 2013
Sole Man
Me: "Nice shoes."
Son 1: "That's what my friends said. I'm not sure. They seem too... fashionable."
Thursday, 25 April 2013
Wickedpedia.
Dad: "When I was a kid, we didn't have the internet. We had libraries."
Son 1: "You got your porn from the library?!"
Sunday, 21 April 2013
Deferred Staff Meeting
Me: "Is it time for another condom conversation?"
Son 1: "Seriously Mom, he's only 14, and I'm never going to have sex. At least not for free."
Tuesday, 16 April 2013
Sunday, 14 April 2013
Casual Eating
Me: "You want me to cut that?"
Son 1: "Nope. Eating a whole half of a pizza is like eating a big slice of cheese-meat watermelon."
Tuesday, 9 April 2013
Senior Slacker
Grandpa: "What do you mean I'm called 'Grandpa' in the blog? Why can't I be 'The Dude'?"
Monday, 8 April 2013
Media Literacy
Me: "Guys, it's kinda a media awareness thing I need to talk to you about... you need to be aware that porn is to real sex like what action movies are to real violence."
Son 2: "You mean AWESOME?!?"
Son 1: "Since they're going to watch it anyway, there should be an internet site of pre-screened porn for teens. You know, child-tested and mom approved!"
Son 2: "Mom. Taking off your glasses and rubbing your eyes won't do anything to impair your hearing..."
Son 1: "... seriously. How could you imagine this conversation would end up anywhere good?"
At The Right Hand of God
Grandpa: "Ralph Klein and Maggie Thatcher are both dead? What a wonderful spring! Since he's in rough shape, maybe Dick Cheney's next. Unfortunately, we probably can't hold out for Stephen Harper."
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Washful Thinking
Son 2: "Hey! The hotel we stayed in had a bidet, or as I call it, an Analtron 3000."
Saturday, 6 April 2013
Objective Reality
Son 1: "Atlas Shrugged: A book so tedious that they had to make it into three movies."
Friday, 5 April 2013
Spelling Beef
Me: "You know, I actually had to learn to spell."
Son 2: "Yeah. I'm sure that used to be a thing."
Wednesday, 3 April 2013
Thursday, 28 March 2013
Heart Ache
Grandpa: "I went to the hospital with chest pain, but it turns out I just strained my pecs doing push-ups."
Friday, 15 March 2013
Wreck room
Me: "So to be clear, you guys are going to barricade yourselves in the basement and play video games all night. And my role is to sequester myself upstairs, order pepperoni & bacon pizza, and ignore the 2 liters of root beer you're pulling out of your backpack?"
Son 2: "Yep."
Me: "Done."
Son 2: "Yep."
Me: "Done."
Sunday, 24 February 2013
Megashark vs. Crockasaurus
Son 1: "How did Urkel get in this movie?"
Son 2: "He crawled in through a plot hole."
Son 2: "He crawled in through a plot hole."
Sunday, 17 February 2013
Aching Bad
Son 1: "Did you hear about the new problem in retirement homes? Apparently prescription drug abuse is a significant factor in musket violence."
Saturday, 16 February 2013
Divination Manipulation
Son 2: "What's palmistry?"
Me: "It's the practice of predicting your future from the lines of your hand... how long you'll live, how many children you'll have..."
Son 1: "... and if you don't like the outcome, you can always change it with an X-Acto knife."
Friday, 15 February 2013
Heated Argument
Me: "Aladdin thermos was THE original thermos brand!"
Son 2: "Wasn't Thermos the original thermos brand?"
Me: "Shut up."
Saturday, 9 February 2013
Man-handling
Me: "Male prostitutes are usually for men."
Son 2: "Oh. Really?"
Me: "Trust me. I've looked into it."
Sunday, 3 February 2013
Team Spunk!
Son 2: "The school board rejected our official team name."
Me: "Oh?"
Son 2: "I guess they didn't want us wandering around in T-shirts that said 'The MASTERdeBATORS'."
Saturday, 2 February 2013
Regifting
Me: "Your father will be away for his birthday."
Son 1: "His present is that he doesn't have to deal with us!"
Son 2: "That's the best present we could give him. Other than hookers."
Sunday, 27 January 2013
Tactical Solution
Me: "You forgot your brother's girlfriend's name?"
Son 1: "It's not as bad as forgetting my own girlfriend's name. Then I have to use personal pronouns until someone else eventually mentions it."
Saturday, 26 January 2013
Friday, 25 January 2013
Jar Jar Blinks
Me: "JJ Abrams is supposed to direct the next Star Wars movie."
Son 2: "You know the newest main character is just going to be a giant lens flare."
Wednesday, 2 January 2013
Insane Austen
Son 2: "So... in Pride and Prejudice, Mr. Collins is like a 19th century Sheldon. And Darcy is Sherlock."
Me: "Or maybe Snape. Wow... this could result in some very disturbing fan-fiction."
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