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Monday, March 12, 2007
9:39:00 AM EDT
Hearing Nothing at the moment

Childish Stories




Athena and her pink hands are back to bring you the results of this week's Weekend Assignment, in which we asked folk to share moments of particularly childish behavior, from their past or their children's pasts. And what stories do we have?

An early toilet training experiment gone awry.

The lost and found for found objects not lost.

"Erin and I decided that tap dancing on a 30 gallon fish tank looked like fun."

"On those hot, hot days when we couldn't cool off, (no air conditioning) I'd drag the hose out and turn it on full blast. We'd spend an entire afternoon chasing each other all over the yard with the hose and squirting each other."

Mmmm... mudcakes.

"... about the time I invented the peanut butter and bologna sandwich with mayo, mustard and lettuce, I was told that a nail would dissolve in a glass of Coke if left there long enough."

"As a parent, you always know something is wrong when your children are too quiet."

This story goes waaaaaaay back.

"I received a blue pants suit, in all its 1970-something polyester glory.  Even though it was a light blue, in my 7 or 8 year old mind, so this was '72-73, I decided it was very nurse-like."

"Two words--dirt angel."

Glad to know it's not just my kid doing odd things.

Thanks for the stories, folks!


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