Tag: overheard

  • Throw To First

    Throw To First

    Due to the still inconsistent throwing and catching abilities, running the ball to the base is actually a pretty good strategy in some of these young-kid games.

  • Double-Edged Insult

    Double-Edged Insult

    Thank goodness one of these twins wears glasses or I’d probably mix them up more often.

  • How To Make Partner

    How To Make Partner

    It would be nice to take credit for coming up with this joke, but I really didn’t add anything.

  • Never Speak of This

    Never Speak of This

    In retrospect having take-your-kid-to-work-day scheduled during the school year only makes it that much cooler: you also get to skip school!

  • LAMP Shade

    LAMP Shade

    This was based on a conversation overheard soooo many years ago

  • Romantic Economy

    Romantic Economy

    Having received a first-class upgrade before, I sympathize with how tough this decision must have been.

  • Ronald McDahlnald

    Ronald McDahlnald

    One of my kids was also having trouble with this author’s name for her own book report (in a different class). We helped her remember it as “Rolled Doll” and when she practiced her presentation and had trouble I would mime like I was tossing something low to the ground (the imaginary doll) to help…

  • Hashtag Numerology

    Hashtag Numerology

    Now I’m just waiting for all the automated phone messages to start telling me to enter a number “followed by a hashtag” because it will surely resonate better with the next generation than “pound sign.”

  • The First One’s Free

    The First One’s Free

    Was it a spirit? Was it a 4-dimensional being? Was it a trick? It was something, and clowns were involved.

  • Canadian State of Mind

    Canadian State of Mind

    I tried to look it up, and (just like in American English) I believe you could technically use “state” to mean “country” in England as well. It just feels so wrong here.