coastalrichard
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Hello Good Folks,
Reading some of the holiday posts has reminded me of a funny story. I imagine most of us have gone though it:
This became rather bothersome when the kids were younger. Who let the cat in? Not me! Who left the bathroom light on all night? Not me! You've got the picture, right? Wife and I have another person in our house! And, like the current Post Office ad, Not Me needs to leave.
The wife's plan is brilliant! Christmas is approaching, so out come the stockings and decorations. Our custom was to put all the yuck stuff (socks, undies,etc) next to their stocking with all the wrapped stuff surrounding each kids' "area". Of course, the wrapped stuff was the "good" stuff, it got ransacked first, with much, squealing, screaming and elation!
But this year saw a new stocking, set off in a stuffed chair all by itself. NOT ME! said the inscription on the fur collar. The other stockings were placed in their normal places, only something is really, really wrong! The yuck stuff is next to the kids' stockings, but ALL the wrapped stuff was in NOT ME's chair!
I'll never forget the "shock and awe" displayed by those three little faces when they rounded the corner to find only yuck stuff and all the goodies going to NOT ME!
I have grandkids now...and I still have that stocking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Reading some of the holiday posts has reminded me of a funny story. I imagine most of us have gone though it:
This became rather bothersome when the kids were younger. Who let the cat in? Not me! Who left the bathroom light on all night? Not me! You've got the picture, right? Wife and I have another person in our house! And, like the current Post Office ad, Not Me needs to leave.
The wife's plan is brilliant! Christmas is approaching, so out come the stockings and decorations. Our custom was to put all the yuck stuff (socks, undies,etc) next to their stocking with all the wrapped stuff surrounding each kids' "area". Of course, the wrapped stuff was the "good" stuff, it got ransacked first, with much, squealing, screaming and elation!
But this year saw a new stocking, set off in a stuffed chair all by itself. NOT ME! said the inscription on the fur collar. The other stockings were placed in their normal places, only something is really, really wrong! The yuck stuff is next to the kids' stockings, but ALL the wrapped stuff was in NOT ME's chair!
I'll never forget the "shock and awe" displayed by those three little faces when they rounded the corner to find only yuck stuff and all the goodies going to NOT ME!
I have grandkids now...and I still have that stocking!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
