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plague free and the infamous one-liner

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24 Apr

it seemed most of you missed the hilarity of yesterday’s post and focused more on Lindsay Lohan’s skankiness instead of the fact that my 7-year-old daughter thinks that George Clooney is on the dollar bill…come on! that’s gold, people! no? no one? i guess it’s fair, she is pretty nasty (although now that i know that Metalia can save her, i can rest a little easier) but take it easy on me. i’ve been to hell and back this week. twice. once with Isabella (for FIVE friggin’ days straight) and once with Emily. getting struck with the plague during passover seems fitting, i guess. but seriously, i would have taken just about anything else. (barfs be gone…please). frogs? sure. hail? sure. darkness? hell, i would have even taken lice. (karma gods, take nothing i say seriously…)

my son Josh is the master of the one-liner. i swear. he coined the term ‘knee-pit’ and calls his balls ‘poisonous beans’….the things that come out of his mouth kill me. this week, he killed me twice…

Josh: “Daddy. i feel bad for Tyler. in my class. because we go to the bathroom in pairs. and his wiener? is WAY teenier than mine.”

HAHAHAHAH.

poor Tyler. i feel bad for him too.

(also, the story is way funnier if you know how Josh talks. he still can’t pronounce his “r”s…so Tyler is Tyl-ew and wiener is wien-ew and teenier is teeni-ew. coupled with the sing-song-y way he talks and add a splash of a Canadian accent…it’s just about the funniest thing you’ve ever heard.)

yes, i did say Canadian accent. i caught my son pronouncing pasta like PASS-ta. blasphemy. i considered using the soap…

but instead gave him a firm lecture about how to pronounce pasta and mazda and plaza.

the second time he killed me i wasn’t even there. i heard the story third person and it was STILL hilarious. i missed the first passover seder because Isabella was still throwing up. i can’t say i was all that upset that i missed it. well, until i got the pedialyte shower, i guess. anyway, my father in law has hands that shake. i mean really, really shake. he can’t walk with a mug of coffee from the counter to the table without spilling it. he’s had it forever, and it’s genetic. his mother had it too. (the husband seems to be shaky hand free, but we won’t discuss his problem hands until after he has his second hand surgery next week…)

Josh: “Saba, why do your hands shake so much?”

father-in-law: “Well, it’s not my fault, Josh. it’s something my Mummy gave to me”

*beat*

Josh: “why didn’t you just say no when she gave it to you?”

Josh, i LOVE you. you make me laugh every day. PLEASE, for the love of all things pokemon, don’t get the stomach flu! okay? thanks!

oh, and PS…who think this looks like my Emily??? Haley-O sent me this picture of Matt Damon’s daughter Isabella. the husband and i think she’s a clone! fine…i’ll admit it…i’m fucking Matt Damon. Take that Sarah Silverman!

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  1. AJ says

    April 24, 2008 at 9:38 am

    I hope you’ve placed your order on all those shoes and purses you’ve earned this week!

    That kid looks so much like Emily, I’m wondering if Sarah Silverman is the only f-ing Matt Damon around here! heh

    I always look forward to Josh’s conversations. lol They remind me a lot of the conversations we have around here…but poisonous beans in our house? Weiner ball. Don’t ask…I have no idea. lol

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  2. Maryann says

    April 24, 2008 at 10:14 am

    Oh… my… god… SO CUTE

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  3. amy says

    April 24, 2008 at 11:12 am

    This is so sweet. I love hearing what little one’s say! =)

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  4. Maria says

    April 24, 2008 at 11:17 am

    Wow – they look exactly the same!!! I never saw that version of the song, still hilarious every time. Luv the one liners – keep them coming.

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  5. Angella says

    April 24, 2008 at 11:32 am

    Josh SLAYS me! Hee!

    Also.

    Um. How am I *supposed* to say “pasta”?

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  6. SciFi Dad says

    April 24, 2008 at 11:43 am

    Josh is da man! That kid is hilarious (although I don’t know if either of those top his “ooh scary” line).

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  7. Loni says

    April 24, 2008 at 1:50 pm

    Poor tyl-ew and his little wein-ew…hahah too funny!

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  8. Christine says

    April 24, 2008 at 2:10 pm

    Ohhh…so you say:
    paw-sta
    mawz-da

    …interesting…

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  9. LAVENDULA says

    April 24, 2008 at 5:16 pm

    hahaha damn josh is hilarious!thats so funny

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  10. Bronnie says

    April 24, 2008 at 6:44 pm

    here in New Zealand we say pasta as pass-ta 😛

    *hides* please don’t use the soap on me!!

    hehehe

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  11. jennyonthespot says

    April 24, 2008 at 6:50 pm

    Your boy – he’s got somethin’ special 🙂

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  12. pgoodness says

    April 24, 2008 at 8:30 pm

    the firm lecture on how to say pasta and mazda and plaza has me laughing out loud!!! fan-freaking-tastic.

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  13. Ainse says

    April 24, 2008 at 8:39 pm

    “Canadian accent”, too funny. As if, eh?

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  14. Haley-O says

    April 24, 2008 at 10:15 pm

    I hope Tyler’s mommy doesn’t read THIS BLOG!!! Eeee! 😉 Poor Tyler….

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  15. Arica Saltzman says

    April 25, 2008 at 3:13 am

    As someone who lives in Israel and is constantly plagued with lice I am telling you that Barf is by far the better plague! Be careful what you wish for!

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  16. JMC says

    April 25, 2008 at 5:37 pm

    My daughter was telling me about her leg-pits today and I thought of this post and the knee-pits. Great minds.

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  17. Jay says

    April 27, 2008 at 9:38 am

    That picture is scary how much they look alike!!

    Josh sounds like a pretty hilarious kid!!

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  18. Queen of Shake Shake says

    April 29, 2008 at 3:15 pm

    Wait! Do I get extra points for not missing the humor in the previous post? Because I soooo got it! In fact, I not only got it but also crossed over to crassness by asking if I could screw the dollar bill. heh.

    Perhaps you should take away points from me just for being mentally sick.

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