MindlessChatter

First let me apologize preemptively, J is a really nice guy, he means well, and past injuries combined with medical issues may have led to the current situation. Be that as it may, talking to him can be a bit of a challenge.   In a single conversation, he was somehow able to include: Flying cars and why can we have them Chinese cup therapy Ooo look at that explosion (news) Walking from elementary school to middle school Why can't they convert cars to use veg oil or natural gas, he knew a guy who had a car like that, it didn't make any pollution I've collected a few tidbits over the past couple of months.   Most of these are taken out of context, but to be fair most were never in context to begin with. Pointing at the tv: "what did they do? Put it on pets?" "I had chicken pox a bunch of times… then my family got a nice Mexican family and they had small pox…." "I had the same suit as ...

I was fighting with the BiblioChild3 for dominance of the comfy chair.   Things were going as planned; I was only paying partial attention to the battle while the rest of my attention was on focused elsewhere when he cheated. The little shit bit me.   Granted he was pinned, inverted, and out of options but that’s just…..not cool.  He knew it was out of bounds too because he ran upstairs giggling the entire way knowing that I wouldn’t spend the energy to chase him. Instead, I attempted to shake him to his core with a masterly use of linguistic threats.    “You cheated you little booger!”  I’m no Shakespeare but I can deliver the goods when necessary.    He responded with <giggle giggle giggle>”That’s what you get.”<giggle giggle giggle> “You had better not come back down here or I will give you a proper Charlie Horse.” He broke into a new fit of giggles as he ran upstairs.   2 minutes later he was alrea...

Bill Cosby once said "Kids say the darndest things." As a father of 3 children that routinely refrain from remaining r...silent. I've noticed a few categories: The crying babble THUNK! "AGGGHGHHHH!!!" Thump thump thuMP THUMP THUMP THUMP The child comes sprinting in to   the room trying to make as much noise as possible in an effort to demonstrate how injured he is. He pulls on your sleeve while donning the perfect injured face and starts to hyperventilate as he tries to tell you the story of the worst injury and injustice of all time. BC2: "DAD!!! Bibliochild1 hit me!! Itoldhimnottothrowthetoyandhedidn'tlistensoItriedtotakeitfromhimandbesafeandthenhehitme" #GASP D: "Calm down and tell me what happened." BC2: "I didn't do anything and Bibliochild1 hit me!" D: "You didn't do anything?" BC2: "No!   I was just trying to take the toy away so he didn't throw it" D: "...