tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post6528942372430826952..comments2024-02-10T01:32:22.643-06:00Comments on The Quick Gray Fox: A tale of two batsPoppy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-8581059576406746662008-08-20T13:57:00.000-05:002008-08-20T13:57:00.000-05:00Ahhhh, some day WE'LL be the crazy mothers. How m...Ahhhh, some day WE'LL be the crazy mothers. How much fun will that be?!Susie Sunshinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03545706253844496925noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-39323513480717321532008-08-19T19:54:00.000-05:002008-08-19T19:54:00.000-05:00Hmm - perhaps we are born of the same uterus? (not...Hmm - perhaps we are born of the same uterus? (note the uterus/i tie-in).<BR/><BR/>I would never have such a fight with MY mother.<BR/><BR/>We only have this exact fight when we are playing Scrabble.<BR/><BR/>And THAT'S when she leaves the house.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-33687581806374977282008-08-19T17:34:00.000-05:002008-08-19T17:34:00.000-05:00Honey, your mother is 85, she won't be around much...Honey, your mother is 85, she won't be around much longer, cut her some slack. You will be glad you did.HEATHERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06324130429322268692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-61341544480662100412008-08-19T15:12:00.000-05:002008-08-19T15:12:00.000-05:00If I used this argument at a family function, only...If I used this argument at a family function, only my husband would have any freaking clue what I was talking about. My siblings would look at me like I had lobsters crawling all over me.unmitigated mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13901264130484454602noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-37716737975548018392008-08-19T13:58:00.000-05:002008-08-19T13:58:00.000-05:00Stephe Fry agrees with you on the "referendums" v....Stephe Fry agrees with you on the "referendums" v. "referenda" issue.<BR/><BR/>This is the problem with such words, that they are incorporated into English without being Anglicized, so you end up with family feuds along these lines.<BR/><BR/>Moral of the story? Start things off by plying everyone with Champagne and then, no matter what anyone says, you just laugh your head off.<BR/><BR/>-J.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-76320865895843422812008-08-19T11:52:00.000-05:002008-08-19T11:52:00.000-05:00Wow, she really left. I'm kind of stunned! I've ...Wow, she really left. I'm kind of stunned! I've NEVER been that lucky when telling off the relatives. No, we go for no one leaving and long awkward pauses while we stand around being mad.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-91986367199473454642008-08-19T10:52:00.000-05:002008-08-19T10:52:00.000-05:00bb: I'm glad to hear that someone else can actuall...bb: I'm glad to hear that someone else can actually start an argument over Latin words. <BR/><BR/>Jen, Ree, and FA: Here's a little irony for you: the person who taught me the most I've ever learned about etiquette happens to be the rudest woman I know. ;)<BR/><BR/>FDD: Good point! And my sister and her family and mine really enjoyed ourselves after Ma Crotchet left. ;)Poppy B.https://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-42026364150946203362008-08-19T10:42:00.000-05:002008-08-19T10:42:00.000-05:00so the downside of your mother being mad is that s...so the downside of your mother being mad is that she leaves? I'm not quite getting why this is a bad thing. <BR/><BR/><BR/><BR/>fiddledeedeeAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-13431459059945505502008-08-19T10:37:00.000-05:002008-08-19T10:37:00.000-05:00You are not going to get off that easy, dreamer gi...You are not going to get off that easy, dreamer girl.<BR/><BR/>FAYourFireAnthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03428838843235292696noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-60974569863343705772008-08-19T10:35:00.000-05:002008-08-19T10:35:00.000-05:00So the 900 miles? Did she fly? *being a bat and al...So the 900 miles? Did she fly? *being a bat and all.<BR/><BR/>snort.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-5655635354331374032008-08-19T08:05:00.000-05:002008-08-19T08:05:00.000-05:00Oh boy, what an evening.You plan sounds mature -- ...Oh boy, what an evening.<BR/><BR/>You plan sounds mature -- far better than I have managed with my own family relations.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-62561735706245002992008-08-19T07:46:00.000-05:002008-08-19T07:46:00.000-05:00Yep.That's how I'd handle it. My mother and I alwa...Yep.<BR/>That's how I'd handle it. <BR/>My mother and I always argue over latin words. If they're in the crossword puzzle.blackbirdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05474831322702380602noreply@blogger.com