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[calypso*a*go-go]

We've had lots of those sleepovers at our house over the years and my advice is to treat your bedroom like a bunker...bring food, water, reading material, etc. and do not, I repeat, do not step outside the threshold until morning! Oh, and buy a good fan -- why should you have to suffer?

lllovell - I'm going to be in the same boat (sorta) as my DH and DS are headed to Cub Scout camp for five nights. DD and I are planning all kinds of fun stuff! Enjoy your solitude.

 

[Tooneric]

Did TW1 say an unair-conditioned house? That's not an option in New Orleans according to DW. I know some parts of the country can do without, but for me, that would be like, well...

No A/C, by the Bad Poet

Imagine a Disney without Mickey Mouse,
Or Rash with a non-Yuengling fridge in his house,
Tooneric would have to go find a new spouse!
You see where I'd be with no A/C?

A DVC Board without Greenban polls,
Or Fantasia Gardens putt putt with no holes,
Beaches and Cream with no cones or no bowls?
You see where I'd be with no A/C?

Imagine no lyrics from Idratherbe,
If Bad Poet stopped writing bad poetry,
An Animal Kingdom without that big tree?
You see where I'd be with no A/C?

 

[jnrrt]

Did TW1 say an unair-conditioned house? That's not an option in New Orleans according to DW. I know some parts of the country can do without, but for me, that would be like, well...

No A/C, by the Bad Poet

Imagine a Disney without Mickey Mouse,
Or Rash with a non-Yuengling fridge in his house,
Tooneric would have to go find a new spouse!
You see where I'd be with no A/C?

A DVC Board without Greenban polls,
Or Fantasia Gardens putt putt with no holes,
Beaches and Cream with no cones or no bowls?
You see where I'd be with no A/C?

Imagine no lyrics from Idratherbe,
If Bad Poet stopped writing bad poetry,
An Animal Kingdom without that big tree?
You see where I'd be with no A/C?

I love it!

 

[idratherbeinwdw]

Another winner Tooneric, great job! :thewave:

 

[TW1]

So hot and so sweaty
And so cranky is he
You see his house has no A/C

A nice cool breeze,
He’s hasn’t got
Its mid-July in Philly
And too darn hot.

All night he perspires
He just can’t relax
He tosses and turns
Its A/C his house lacks

A Yuengling or two he gladly imbibed
It’s just what his eye doctor prescribed
With Liverwurst and Tylenol on fresh marble Rye
He’s starting to feel like one happy guy

But then, oh no
The end of July
DD turns eleven
He sits and he cries

For what’s about to happen
He knows all too well
“I need a Sleepover party
Thanks Dad, you’re swell!”

“But honey, the heat,
The humidity too
Without some A/C
We’ll all come unglued”

“Oh Daddy don’t worry
A few girls, not many”
She turns on that smile
“Just fifteen or twenty”

He’s outta here, he schemes
DW can handle these screaming pre-teens
He’s just gotta find
A quieter scene

He squirrels away
In his Dodge death-mobile
He’s figured how
With this heat he will deal.

So he sits all night
In his driveway alone
No ‘tweens, No dog
Not even the phone

He tilts back the seat
On max goes the A/C
And off he drifts
Oh so coolly


P.S. If I don't log in on Monday...well, let's just no go there yet. Geronimo!

 

[lllovell]

lolol

These are some of the best yet! I am with you on the No chance in heck of NOT having A/C in the south Toon!

TW1 - hang in there buddy! One day your beautiful daughter will thank you, for everything...and it will be silly little things like slumber parties that will be tugging at her heartstrings and she won't be able to tell you exactly why - but you both will know.

(all this talk about beer...*shudder* you people are just evil )

 

[Tooneric]

Now that's good bad poetry TW1

 

[Mike_in_FL]

TW1,
Great poem (and Tooneric too)! We had a sleepover for our oldest DD for her 9th. I must admit that DW and I wondered a few times exactly what we had let ourselves in for. However, it all turned out really well. We had 9 girls (including DD6) plus one boy (DS3) who was in heaven!! He is quite the charmer anyway, and got lots of attention from the girls We are fortunate in that they are a nice group of kids, and other than the noise level in the house, we had no issues. I did tell them at 1:45am that it really was time for sleeping! There were some tired girls next morning, but they rallied for some more fun after breakfast . I should mention that we did have fully functioning A/C the entire time...

Mike

 

[Mike_in_FL]

BTW been meaning to tell you I love your tag--Now go Get Me a Shrubbery!

I figured there would be some fellow Monty Python fans on this thread. Must ... resist ... urge ... to ... quote ... rest ... of ... movie (it is a bad habit of mine that results in strange looks from the non-MP fans among us. On the other hand, maybe the strange looks would happen anyway )

Mike

 

[lllovell]

I figured there would be some fellow Monty Python fans on this thread. Must ... resist ... urge ... to ... quote ... rest ... of ... movie (it is a bad habit of mine that results in strange looks from the non-MP fans among us. On the other hand, maybe the strange looks would happen anyway )

Mike

awwww - that one I missed...and I have even teased you about being repressed. Shame on me. I guess I need to bone up on my MP this weekend while the rest of the family is not home and I am all alone - no one appreciates it like I do in my house!

 

[Mike_in_FL]

Coloradobelle - I am with you girlie! It IS all going to be good (just found out today that youngest son is allergic to dust mytes {who isn't}, cats and dogs - but I am going to think about that tomorrow...after all - it is another day and I can't bear to think of parting ways with more of my furry babies right now! I will figure out something - and hardwood floors here we come! woohoo <---positive side ). Enough with the negative already! LIfe is too short - gonna make it good

(I am griping WAY too much lately....hate that whiney online person that never seems to have good things in life come their way... that CAN'T be me!!! lol)

A friend of ours found that she was allergic to dogs also - something that apparently came on in adult life and became quite bad. They had had a dog for a number of years, and after it passed on they wanted another. It was not looking good, even with allergy shots, but they did find a breed that is "hypoallergenic". Of course, I cannot for the life of me remember the name of the breed (I think I need some of that beer to lubricate the old brain cells), but it may be something worth looking into if it does prove a problem with your youngest.

BTW, great attitude!

Mike

 

[lllovell]

I had already let my mind wander down that road a bit. My hubby told oldest son (not one with allergies) something about no more pets and he melted down. Poor Dad thought I had told him already.

Soooooooooo the getting rid of the cats and dogs is going to be the last thing we try. First...wrap mattresses, get rid of carpet, get rid of stuffed animals (although favorites can spend the night in the freezer occasionally and be ok I have been told), get rid of comforters on beds and go to quilts/bed spreads, wash everything on the bedding a weekly (in hot of course) and err....there were a few other things! Oh yes, get rid of curtains, dont use furniture polish that is oily, keep using my rainbow vac which water filters so it traps dust mites, etc. I am going to do what I can to get it under control!

Hopefully it will be enough to help him and to keep the furry friends around. One day at a time!

and thanks Mike! I am trying to have a good attitude

 

[Tooneric]

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise....

 

[Mike_in_FL]

NOBODY expects the Spanish Inquisition! Our chief weapon is surprise...surprise and fear...fear and surprise.... Our two weapons are fear and surprise...and ruthless efficiency.... Our *three* weapons are fear, surprise, and ruthless efficiency...and an almost fanatical devotion to the Pope.... Our *four*...no... *Amongst* our weapons.... Amongst our weaponry...are such elements as fear, surprise....

Still resisting, but not ... for ... much ... longer

Mike

 

[idratherbeinwdw]

The Spanish Inquisition is one of my favorite Python sketches Toon! So is nudge nudge wink wink lllovell! And so is:

'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This parrot is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e
rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the
bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-PARROT!!

OK Mike I defy you to resist any longer!! Bring on the Python (What's that I hear? Are you singing the spam song?)

 

[lllovell]

"We are now the Knights who say..."Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-Ekki-PTANG. Zoom-Boing. Z'nourrwringmm."


and "its only a flesh wound"

oh my goodness - I will NEVER forget the lumberjack song....bwahahaha

 

[Mike_in_FL]

OK Mike I defy you to resist any longer!! Bring on the Python (What's that I hear? Are you singing the spam song?)

Now you've gone and done it...

I didn't want to be a pet shop owner, I wanted to be ..... a lumberjack!

I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
.
.
I chop down trees, I eat my lunch, I go to the Lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shopping, and have buttered scones for tea...

Mike

 

[lllovell]

Now you've gone and done it...

I didn't want to be a pet shop owner, I wanted to be ..... a lumberjack!

I'm a lumberjack and I'm OK,
I sleep all night and I work all day.
.
.
I chop down trees, I eat my lunch, I go to the Lavatory.
On Wednesdays I go shopping, and have buttered scones for tea...

Mike

better let one of us girls take the rest, or else you are going to start getting those strange looks here

POLLY - POLLY PARROT!!! WAKE UP POLLY!

 

[jnrrt]

I'm not dead yet!


(And yes, I'm quoting, otherwise that would just be really out of the blue.)

 

[idratherbeinwdw]

Your Mother was a hamster and your Father smelled of elderberries!