General discussion - Mom and Dad Esq.

[viet_mom]

2 Questions: Any ideas for a mild April Fool's day joke for my 5 year old? I like this:

but I know this will not go over well.

Second Question: Said 5 year old called me a "wussy". She doesn't know what it means, right?

Thanks.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by viet_mom
Second Question: Said 5 year old called me a "wussy". She doesn't know what it means, right?

Thanks.

Probably not.

However, when a 3 year-old calls you a "stupid poopyhead' and a "pottyhead", they have a pretty good idea.

S_A_M

P.S. I'd stay away from practical jokes on the little ones -- they may not get the concept and don't know the limits of a measured response. Also, I've been told that I need to tease them less, not more.

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
horrible idea. you blow an easy 3.5 or 4.0 from your freshman GPA. i think AP is just a bad idea. I know kids who took Psych AP in HS. How do you pass on taking Psych at college?

I took AP Calc in HS just so that I would never have to take Calc (or any advanced math) in college.

But if you don't hate the subjects, your point is well-taken.

S_A_M

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
I took AP Calc in HS just so that I would never have to take Calc (or any advanced math) in college.

But if you don't hate the subjects, your point is well-taken.

S_A_M

I disagree with the assumption. There are no easy As in college calc, at least at a reputable college, because all the pre-meds are doing exactly what hank suggests. You're better off placing out of the basic calc classes and dealing with the engineers.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

If you have a daughter you'll get a kick out of this.

[John Phoenix]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
If you have a daughter you'll get a kick out of this.

Is the author really spending time railing against the gender inequality of Dr. Seuss? He should focus on the fact that in the Cat and the Hat, the parents left the two tykes alone, unsupervised for hours, and they let a stranger into the house to play with them.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

Originally posted by John Phoenix
Is the author really spending time railing against the gender inequality of Dr. Seuss? He should focus on the fact that in the Cat and the Hat, the parents left the two tykes alone, unsupervised for hours, and they let a stranger into the house to play with them.

No, he's complaining about a sub-plot added to the movie version.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
If you have a daughter you'll get a kick out of this.

Haven't seen the flick. Perhaps the 96 daughters are shrill attention-whores?

[Secret_Agent_Man]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
No, he's complaining about a sub-plot added to the movie version.

Funny, but it does take a man like Peter Sagal to get worked up about this stuff.

There are much better examples that this movie. I think the Mayor is doing well if he remembers all 96 names.

S_A_M

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Secret_Agent_Man
Funny, but it does take a man like Peter Sagal to get worked up about this stuff.

There are much better examples that this movie. I think the Mayor is doing well if he remembers all 96 names.

S_A_M

I think the point is that (a) this movie is a current and popular release (b) with today's yout' and (c) the moviemakers added a sexist theme where (d) none existed in the original book (or the old TV cartoon, for that matter).

As for the recent bastardization/Jim Carreyization of the Dr. Seuss oeuvre, I blame Dr. Seuss's widow who has sold the brand up the river since his death.

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
No, he's complaining about a sub-plot added to the movie version.

you think that's the worst anti-woman aspect? hint: who gave birth to 97 kids?

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by Hank Chinaski
you think that's the worst anti-woman aspect? hint: who gave birth to 97 kids?

The mayor has a harem?!

[Atticus Grinch]

At a 16 week ultrasound, boys have something shaped like a turtle while girls have three straight lines (which your sonographer may or may not refer to as "labia, or 'girl parts.'")

No turtles, which coincidentally happens to be one of three phrases I know in ASL, not that it's done me any good yet, given the need for the extensive explanation that I cannot do in ASL.

Eta: I can probably communicate "three straight lines" in non-standard ASL if need be, but not "is a boy," at least with my pants up.

[Tyrone Slothrop]

We agreed to help run a birthday party for a mess of five-year-olds. Outdoor activities have been planned. Now the forecast is for rain, but we have no indoor Plan B. Help! What do to do entertain these kids during the 1:57 of the two hours when they won't be licking the frosting off the cake?

[Hank Chinaski]

Originally posted by Tyrone Slothrop
We agreed to help run a birthday party for a mess of five-year-olds. Outdoor activities have been planned. Now the forecast is for rain, but we have no indoor Plan B. Help! What do to do entertain these kids during the 1:57 of the two hours when they won't be licking the frosting off the cake?

pin the tail on the ____ . dinosaur, whatever your theme is.

crafts- buy a bunch of paper and ribbon and beads and crap.

when my kids were a bit older, around 7, I'd read them random atticus posts, and they'd pick out the parts they felt were creepy. 5 may be too young.