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Men have Chicken Pucker Moments too….
Date Added: August 22nd, 2008
I was shopping at Sam’s Club with my wife and kids. They went to grab something to eat. Did you know you can have a great meal for your family for under $20.00- dessert included!! Okay…Okay…yes I know I love the bargins. Anyway, I went to the bathroom while my wife ordered. By the time I got back, which probably seemed like forever, my wife had to say (a little too loudly for my liking), ”What took you so long, your foods getting cold?” Great! Now I have to explain how I ended up with a little drippage on my light orange colored shorts from a bit too aggressive shake. Hey, I was hungry and in a hurry!! So there I was standing in front of the hand dryer for a couple of cycles pretending to dry my hands. The last thing you’d want to do is walk out with a few dark splatter spots right up front, if you know what I mean. Then while I’m standing there a couple of guys walk in, so I had to think quick and pretended to talk on my phone. But heck, who was I kidding. No one could have believed I could hear a thing over the loud humm from the hand dryer!! LOL Nothing like having to explain it all while having a dinner with my family…. at Sam’s Club. Dave, Paw Paw Mi.
Please not in the toilet
Date Added: March 19th, 2008
I was washing my face one morning, and had taken off my wedding band
and placed it on the bathroom counter. My 18mo daughter was playing
in the bathroom while I was getting ready. I closed my eyes to splash
some water on my face, and when I opened them, both my daughter and
my ring were gone. I called after her, and she came running back into
the bathroom. I picked her up, and gently but firmly said “Honey, do
you know where mommy’s ring went?” She still wasn’t talking much at
this point in her life, but she looked like she knew what I was
talking about. I put her down and she went off into various rooms,
looking around with me. At one point, I went into the living room and
was digging through her toy barrels. And then it came to me — the
toilet seat was up. I ran back to the bathroom to see if she had put
it in there, and as I was coming down the hallway, she came out of
the office yelling “MAMA! MAMA!” with that ring so high in the air
and a smile from ear to ear. I picked her up, gave her a big hug and
kiss, and we both just laughed and laughed. - Nicole from Cali
Do you have a buck to spare?
Date Added: March 19th, 2008
Our family had just spent eight hours on a Sunday watching our son wrestle in a state team tournament and were anxious to get home. It had been a long day. We had sat in bleachers all day and ate bad (and let’s not forget expensive) vendor food. I’m sure those of you with kids, know what I’m talking about. One of the other parents had come up and asked if we felt lucky and wanted to go in on the 50/50 raffle with her. We passed, as we only had a few bucks left. Well, finally the tournament was over. We packed up and headed out to the parking garage. Loaded up we pulled into the long line of cars trying to exit the parking ramp, when it hits me. Parking was $4.25! Crap. The only cash I had was $3 left in my wallet after the food vendors had their way with me. Oh man, as you can imagine, I started stressing out. Yet I was holding out the hope they took VISA, I mean com’on doesn’t everyone? No go. We pull up and I see the sign clear as day ”Cash Only”. Great. I had over the $3.00 and ask him to wait just a moment while my wife digs deep in her purse. Nothing. She sadly reminds me that last week she was clean out at the book fair at school and hadn’t thought to pick up any extra cash. As my wife is getting out of the car to try and run back and beg $1.25 off of a fellow wrestling parent behind us, the nice parking attendant gave us his ‘employee discount’ and we only owed $2!! Woo…hoo, now we had a dollar left over!! Thank you Mr. Parking lot attendant!!! Dave, Lawton, MI.
“You’re Fired!!!”
Date Added: January 7th, 2008
I was washing dishes in the kitchen, priding myself on how nicely my children were playing upstairs. Suddenly, I hear a door slam and angry footsteps leaving one of the bedrooms. As my six year old daughter approached at the bottom of the stairs I turned to ask her what all the commotion. Before I could even get the question out of my mouth, my three year old son (in tears) shouted from the upstairs balcony “Jordon, you’re fired!!” Jordan, not skipping a beat, continued into the kitchen. Rolling her eyes and shaking her head calmy stated, “He can’t fire me, I don’t even have a job.”
Must have been watching Donald Trump Apprentice a little too much!!- Patty B. Galesburg, Michigan
Deer Sightings
Date Added: January 2nd, 2008
It was Easter Sunday and the day was beautiful. Everyone had left for home except my daughter and her family. We decided to go for a drive and we drove around showing the kids all the farm animals and their babies. As we passed this one area, my husband said that he had been seeing a herd of deer there everyday on his way to work and maybe we would see them today. Our two year old granddaughter piped up and said , “No, Grandpa, you only see deer on Fridays.” The heard of deer was there and as we pointed them out she exclaimed, “Yup, it must be Friday!”
- Patricia C., Mattawan Michigan