tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post114524731597263931..comments2024-02-10T01:32:22.643-06:00Comments on The Quick Gray Fox: Life is short; Easter is long.Poppy B.http://www.blogger.com/profile/01532483657395207695noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-1145303869724058392006-04-17T14:57:00.000-05:002006-04-17T14:57:00.000-05:00Imaginary worlds are great. I got a couple going o...Imaginary worlds are great. I got a couple going on right now. Wait... how many? Okay, this could get schizophrenic.Jorgehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10355270675478825870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-1145290692080032922006-04-17T11:18:00.000-05:002006-04-17T11:18:00.000-05:00I thought the version of the descriptive you devis...I thought the version of the descriptive you devised merely RHYMED with that.<BR/><BR/>-J.Jokehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05672407657347134623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-1145289810586513042006-04-17T11:03:00.000-05:002006-04-17T11:03:00.000-05:00So true, so true.And my mother states, with much s...So true, so true.<BR/>And my mother states, with much satisfaction and a glow in her eye, "Yes, darling. Just like YOU at that age. In fact, you were much more, ah, imaginative and talkative." And she gloats!<BR/>And if you give a bored "Uh huh" kind of I'm-trying-to-fool-you-that-I'm-listening kind of reply, they nail you! "Did you understand me, Mommy?!" and then re-tell it, s-l-o-w-e-r this time so that their poor, befuddled mommy will understand this life-changing story they must invent and tell. <BR/><BR/>I find that inviting a newcomer into the dinner avoids the tried and true but trite tales from being retold. And limiting the available alcohol helps with the banality too (can you tell I do not drink?).MsCellaniahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05399187248681818440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7922232.post-1145285963212485772006-04-17T09:59:00.000-05:002006-04-17T09:59:00.000-05:00Having recently suffered (and by "suffered" I mean...Having recently suffered (and by "suffered" I mean tried very hard to look interested while struggling to keep my eyes from rolling into the back of my head) through a 20-minute explication of a skiing adventure my son had, complete with names of, ratings of (blue, green or black) and descriptions of each and every run involved in this adventure, I feel your pain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com