And, a Buffista (if he's not, he should be) explains Easter.
Xander ,'First Date'
Spike's Bitches 44: It's about the rules having changed.
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
On the subject of nekkidness at school, my kids had swimming today. Afterwards, the swimming teacher took me aside to recount the following.
Boys in changing rooms: GIGGLE GIGGLE GIGGLE GIGGLE GIGGLE!
PE Teacher suspects all may not be well. Goes in.
Teacher: What's all this about?
A: They're laughing at my penis!
Teacher: prepares to crush other boys for wrecking A's self confidence.
A: (clearly insulted) ...because it's so big!
Teacher: ....Er...I think you're going to have the last laugh on that one, mate.
A: (clearly insulted) ...because it's so big!
Teacher: ....Er...I think you're going to have the last laugh on that one, mate.
BWHAHAHA!!! I love children.
A wins! Bwah! Priceless.
On the subject of the zero-tolerance thing, I've found it all a little scary. You hear stories of kindergartens suspended for "sexual harrassment" because they kissed a classmate or hugged a teacher, and it's like, we do remember they are *children*, right? Who are still learning appropriate behaviors?
I feel like I need to send my kids to school with a list of things they cannot say, even in jest.
My sister, and several other kids with asthma, who followed the rules and didn't go to the nurse when the teacher said no, ended up in the ER, several times.
Did the nay-saying teachers pay the ER costs? Because that would have been pretty good behavior change reinforcement.
I feel like I need to send my kids to school with a list of things they cannot say, even in jest.
Tell me about it. A lot of the time, I suspect that Nate's "attitude" in school comes from the combination of a) snarky parents b) a well-developed sense of the absurd and c) the fact that we encourage questioning and debate in our house, even though ultimately, he knows it's a (mostly) benevolent dictatorship.
Grah. One of my wisdom teeth is coming in and poking my gum and irritating me and making it annoying to chew things. My dentist told me to get all four removed a year ago, but I never got around to finding an oral surgeon. And now I need one ASAP! GET THIS EXTRA TOOTH OUT OF MY MOUTH.
Oooh, I had that happen, P-C! It made me feel a lot of sympathy for teething babies. That shit hurts!!
It's not absurdly painful yet, but I want to get it taken care of before it gets to that point. Every now and then, I've had a few days of soreness in one of the quadrants, but it usually went away. But I don't think I ever felt an actual part of a tooth before, or if I did, it wasn't that significant.
I lived for about five years with my upper two wisdom teeth fully descended and the lower two impacted. One of them was at an angle and one corner finally started poking out of the gum. That's when I had the surgery-- had Demerol for the first time and went to Tempe three days later for the Fiesta Bowl with strict instructions not to exert too much pressure when playing my trumpet for fear of blowing out my stitches.
Good times.