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| Altoids and Torontos. |
| 04.11.07 (12:22 pm) [edit] |
Scene: Car, heading to school. 12 year old: La la la, la la la la, laaaaaaaa Mom: Is that your new song for choir? Why are you singing so softly? 12 year old: Because we're supposed to. The altoids sing softly in this song. 11 year old: And then the torontos join in and sing softly too. Mom: The what? 11 year old: The torontos sing softly with the altoids. Mom: Altoids. And Torontos. 12 year old: Yeah. Mom: Got it. Two minutes later, mom bursts out laughing, much to the amazement and puzzlement of the 11 and 12 year olds. How wrong is it to let them go through life like this? People drive Cheeverlets. They fly helihocters and drive myrtlecycles. Animals are taken to the Dog sockety according to the 11 year old and the Human Security, according to the 12 year old. Surely, altoids and torontos can't be all that bad... |
posted by: Cutter (reply)
post date: 04.11.07 (12:27 pm)
Reminds me of an MS joke...
The residents of Silicon Valley are more confused than usual after a billboard campaign by the National Multiple Sclerosis Society of America used this line in an ad slogan.
"MS: It's not a software company."
Exploiting the fame of a certain company to draw attention to an altogether worthier cause. Requests to comment on the campaign have been met by a surly silence by Microsoft which doesn't relish the association of ideas, but is painfully aware that it can't afford to appear insensitive over such an issue.
Seasoned IT professionals will have no trouble telling the two MS's apart.
One is a debilitating and surprisingly widespread affliction
that renders the sufferer barely able to perform the simplest task.
The other is a disease.
posted by: Cutter (reply)
post date: 04.11.07 (12:29 pm)
(not the best cut and paste job, I know. Sorry 'bout that.)
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 04.12.07 (7:24 am)
Reply to: Cutter
Okay, that had me howling. Classic.
posted by: commontater (reply)
post date: 04.13.07 (12:20 am)
O, gawd, both of ye split me sides!
posted by: FinalyFree (reply)
post date: 04.16.07 (11:42 am)
THIS is what memories are made of. Gawd, precious. My curly headed, 2 yr old Jacob saw a dead squirrel in front of our house one morning and said, "Awww look Mama, a dead 'squirra'" I said, "uh-huh" and then he looked at me with those big blue eyes and said, "I don't say that right do I, Mama?" to which I replied, "You say it perfectly"--got a lump in my throat just now typing it, LOL.
Never fear, those altoids and torontos are gonna be just fine :)
posted by: andaloo (reply)
post date: 04.17.07 (2:20 am)
I always wanted to be an altoid in the school choir but never made it beyond soprendo.
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 04.17.07 (4:33 am)
Reply to: commontater
I particularly liked Cutter's Microsoft joke. I'd never heard it before, but it had me in stitches. ;)
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 04.17.07 (4:35 am)
Reply to: FinalyFree
Oh, Shannon. Now *that* is a precious story if ever I've heard one. Those moments brand themselves into your heart forever. I forgot to mention that we occasionally drive by the Dill-'ARDS store. ;)
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 04.17.07 (4:35 am)
Reply to: andaloo
*giggle* There's a joke in here somewhere.. must find it. ;)
posted by: FinalyFree (reply)
post date: 04.17.07 (5:50 am)
Reply to: lindy
lol@DillARDS...oh now that sounds familiar. And FYI I sing altoid in the choir too, heh.
posted by: commontater (reply)
post date: 04.17.07 (10:48 am)
Reply to: lindy
Yeah, I thought the joke was funny, too, and I'd never heard it before either. And just as an aside, I need to tell you it's a good thing I can write because while speaking I manage to mangle words that absolutely crack up those who know me. Recent one is the word for that delicious honey, fillo dough treat baklava. Upon seeing it in the store, I exclamation, "WOW, I haven't had bak-LAVA' in a long time! Let's get some!" At which point, the tricksy titters were heard all around me...as well as the correct pronunciation.
And this, coming from one who used to read dictionaries as a kid. BwwwwaHAhaHAHA...ha....HA!
PuC
posted by: commontater (reply)
post date: 04.17.07 (10:52 am)
Reply to: FinalyFree
I think it's absolutely amazing Jacob *realized* he didn't pronounce the word correctly - especially at 2 years! You got some kid there, FinalyFree :)
PuC
posted by: lindy (reply)
post date: 04.18.07 (7:57 am)
Reply to: commontater
Buwah ha haaaaa! Bak-LAVA! Okay, now that's funny. We could have some fun with this one.. my sister often stumbled across words in books for the first time and would mispronounce them. She used to want a can-O-py over her bed for the longest time. To this day, I still can't say refried beans - it's always refried BREANS. And I eat GIRL cheese sandwiches, shhhhh. ;)
posted by: FinalyFree (reply)
post date: 04.18.07 (1:04 pm)
Reply to: commontater
Honestly he was probably about 2 1/2 but both of my children talked VERY well at a young age. I was pretty amazed myself but he was a 'different' kind of a kid from the very start! At age 4 he was riding with my Dad one sunny afternoon and my Father noticed him starring out the window when he turned around and said, "Papoo, how many lightbulbs do you think is in the sun?" lol so he's always been just a little different.
