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I read it to my kids and my five year-old enjoyed my solemn and Sunday school-like reading, but my nine year-old understood all the thinly veiled references to admonishments parents make every day and we had a good chuckle together about it. … If you are given a plate on which two foods you do not wish to touch each other are touching each other, your voice rises up even to the ceiling, while you point to the offense with the finger of your right hand; but I say to you, scream not, only remonstrate gently with the server, that the server may correct the fault. Likewise if you receive a portion of fish from which every piece of herbal seasoning has not been scraped off, and the herbal seasoning is loathsome to you, and steeped in vileness, again I say, refrain from screaming.
Category Archives: Funny
Laws Concerning Food and Drink, by Ian Frazier Household Principles; Lamentations of the Father – The Atlantic (February 1997)
Stay At Home Dad video on YouTube
I found this during my daily Google troll on the words “stay at home dad” and was introduced to the work of Jon Lajoie, a Canadian singer and comedian. … This one, however, is a crafty rap song with heavy metal guitar riffs on the life of a stay at home dad. Nothing new in here except that the production values and his sincerity belting out the lyrics (“I don’t do drugs.
What my kids are saying this week – lessons and questions
My five year old boy and I are already mixing it up, as I try to get toys off the dinner table or ask him to put the lego down and brush his teeth. … I’ve had to tell him I will be the boss of him for at least a few more years, but I’m also trying to figure out how to negotiate this power battle. … That is not how I want my children to find out about the birds and the bees, but even less, I do not want to be the parent who has to call another parent and tell what happened.
Okay, but he’s not competing with Octo-Dad
The aptly named Daad Abdul Rahamn claims to be the patriarch of the largest family in the world. … [From The Mommy Files : Move over Octomom: We found a dad with 86 kids!
… Yeah, having 86 kids is a lot, but it’s not like he gave birth to them all at once, or probably actively cares for them all – how could he?
Take Time To Talk To Your Child About Whatever Crap They Like | The Onion
You’ll likely smile while reading this piece since it’s the little devil sitting on your shoulder when you’ re trying to read the paper and your daughter wants to relate the entire plot line, page by page, of the shallow book she is reading. … If you’re anything like me, you know it’s hard to find enough hours in the day for working, sleeping, and raising the kids.
… Still the gist is good: develop a relationship with your kids now so that you’ll have one when they reach adolescence.
World’s tallest man becomes tallest dad!
She’s lucky she didn’t have a five foot long baby though, with this history. … 19 (UPI) — The world’s tallest man, who hails from China’s Inner Mongolia autonomous region, said he has become the world’s tallest dad at the age of 58. Bao Xishun, who stands at 7 feet and 9 inches tall, said his newborn son, Tianyou, was born at an average 22-inch height, The Sun reported Wednesday.
Does the current issue of Pregnancy Magazine cross over the line?
These are all questions being debated with the recent issue of Pregnancy (November 2008) which celebrates Melora Hardin (Jan in The Office) and her pregnancy. We’ll all have to keep guessing whose hands those are over her soon-to-be nursing boobies (Michael’s?) , or whether this is just a good photoshop effort. 
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Safer California through hands-free phones
You have to watch this video that pokes fun at the questionable value of outlawing phones in the car, while still allowing us to use our cars for every other activity. If you’re reading this on your iphone, pull over and watch, with the car in park.
New category! YouTube videos to show little kids
This is amusing, but also makes me think of other funny videos we’ve laughed at with our kids. … This video is meant to be viral – watch until the end for the serious message about the disappearance of bees. Scientists now think they have figured out the mystery, but do not know how to solve it.
Building a treehouse for your kids – How do I get to be a dad like this?
Anyone who has ever been to Disneyland and climbed the Swiss Family Robinson treehouse (now recast as Tarzan’s home), imagines how cool it would be to have a real treehouse sanctuary. … Is it just because it’s having a place of your own, being taller than your surroundings, getting away from home and chores. Whatever it is, I was envious of this guy’s kids, and in awe of how much work he put into creating this treehouse for them, at one point even planning on running water to add to the full code-friendly electric.