Kim's "Fall"

Thursday, June 28th 2007 @ 9:43 PM (not yet rated) post viewed 489 times

(note: this post was created with the consent of Kim, otherwise I would be in big trouble)

We all have our "moments". Yesterday, Kim had hers. She had quite a wipeout in a parking lot. Fortunately, Kim was not hurt -- at least physically. Now in Kim's defense, she tripped over a tree stump -- in a parking lot. I don't think anyone would have expected to find a tree stump in the middle of a parking lot. Yet, we are in a forign country and perhaps this is the norm.

Here is my reinactment of Kim's fall, photographed by the recovering Kim...

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Kimberly Bennett
Sudbury Parent

Kim said on Thursday, June 28th 2007 @ 9:58 PM:

I've got to admit this must have looked absolutely hysterical. There are a couple of editions to make to Bo's commentary though. 1. It wasn't a parking lot. We were in a clearing in the park, but there were no other obstacles in the area. Obviously, I wasn't paying attention. 2. I went over that stump with BOTH legs going over (in the photos we couldn't re-enact that) but it explains the scrapes I have on both legs. I also have scrapes on my left elbow and thigh as well as a possible sprained right wrist. 3. We should have added the extras flying through the air: camera (yes, mygood one), day-pack, and water bottle!

It was pretty pathetic, but I would have liked to have seen it from the 3rd person! I'm surprised that the photos came out, because by that point I was laughing so hard.

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Annabelle's Joke

Friday, June 22nd 2007 @ 2:14 PM (not yet rated) post viewed 426 times

It all began as a harmless family trip to the mall. We enjoyed a delicious, healthy, mall dinner, carefully prepared for us (no we didn't supersize it). I got my usual $26 mall haircut by perhaps the one last straight "stylist" in the profession. Then we ended our evening out by browsing the book store. There, in the "kids" section, was a joke book to which our 7 year old daughter, Annabelle, took a liking. As we were browsing the other books, Annabelle would read us several selections from her soon-to-be newest book (thanks to Dad). They were all Dixie cup quality knock-knock jokes, amusing to her, and our 6 year-old son, but pretty darn lame for a humor connoisseur such as myself -- those jokes were at least 3 years behind my kind of humor.

As we are driving home from the mall, Annabelle breaks out this new joke book to provide us all with a dash of in-car entertainment. With her sweet, innocent, 7 year-old voice, she reads, "What.... did the ... ffffirst mmmate... see in the toilet?" "What?", Kim and I asked with curiosity... "The captain's log." What came next, was uncontrollable laughter of epic proportions... from me.

Perhaps the key element of humor is surprise. I was not expecting that joke book we found in the kids section to have a "gross jokes" section. I was not expecting my 7 year-old to tell a joke meant for 13 year-olds, and I was not expecting to find a joke meant for 13 year-olds so darn funny.

So parent's of kids friends with Annabelle -- be forewarned. If your child tells you a joke having to do with poop, pee, barf, or some combination of all three, you now know who to blame. Sorry!

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Kimberly Bennett
Sudbury Parent

Kim said on Friday, June 22nd 2007 @ 2:22 PM:

What cracked me up the most - besides your uncontrollabel laughter over a bathroom joke - was that that kids were cracking up based on YOUR laughter. They didn't get the joke, but knew it must be funny because of your reaction.

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