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Logic
Speaking of logic (follow up), I've been begged (and bribed) by my grown children NOT to share tidbits to my success as a parent....Well, here goes...
When beepers came out, of course my youngest insisted on having one. Her maternal grandfather, being somewhat confuse, (generation gap), inquired, "What the #$*BEEP!!*$# do you need one of those for"? She proceeded to take the time allotted to explain how it works. He made the mistake of looking interested.
First, you "page" a friend to call you on your phone. Second, the friend finds a phone to return your "page". Third, when asked why you "beeped" them, the answer is for them to phone you. After this all computed to "what?", her grandfather remarked to himself, "Why the "#$*BEEP*$#" did I even ask !?!"
One day, my unemployed twelve-year-old daughter ask (for real) for name brand jeans. Thinking this was an odd request, I simply asked her to step just one foot behind me. I then told her to focus on my right pant pocket. I brought to her attention that when she saw a name brand tag on my fanny, she would be the next in line.
When the youngest joined her soft ball team in order to ride the sports bus with her ninth-grade "boy" crush, (she gets her intellect from my side of the family **see above**), I thought the least I could do (emphasis on least) was to purchased a gym bag for all of her
belongings.
After two weeks of caring it around on her shoulder, I proudly asked how the bag was simplifying her life. "Oh" ( I caught her off guard) "it saves time and effort. You see, MOM, I'm the FIRST on the bus due to the fact ALL the other gym bags of my team mates are NAME BRAND. My GENERIC bag sticks out like a sore thumb."
At the next sports event, I observed her bag was turned inside out. Maybe an "inside" thing among teenagers now-a-days. !GO! FIGURE !RAH!
Micki Lynn Haskins Phillips
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