The Magic 8 Ball will take your questions!

[legalsea]

As I was sitting in my study this morning recovering from St. Patrick’s Day (from 2009; I was blind for three months, to give you some indication of what a day that was) I was suddenly awakened by an ominous rolling sound (I consider all ‘rolling sounds’ ominous, regardless of my condition).

Behold! It was my Magic 8 Ball rolling down the floor (I’ve got to see about that foundation problem) towards my feet. The Magic 8 Ball had not only painted itself green for St. Patrick’s Day but had dabbed itself to look like an Irish green basketball (I believe the Magic 8 Ball is a “March Madness” follower). I said to myself: “Never again!”

Then I said “I guess the Magic 8 Ball is telling me that it wishes to peer into the future for our Disney friends”. My wife then looked into my study (which was a surprise; when I started my celebration of St. Patrick’s Day in 2009 I was single) and told me to “get cracking” (I have an ominous feeling about this woman).

Anyway, I determined that she was telling me to either get on the computer and start soliciting questions for the Magic 8 Ball, or to go out and find work. The former being the most attractive alternative this morning, I am doing that.

So! If you have a question to wish to ask the Magic 8 Ball, please remember to put it into proper form, to wit (hey! I think I was a lawyer a year ago!) “Oh, Magic 8 Ball…”

 

[susykt4]

Oh, Magic 8 Ball, will my mother let me live down the family vacation we are taking over Easter that will prevent her from taking my daughter to Easter church services in the ridiculous over-the-top dress Mom wanted to show her off in? Sheesh, Magic 8 Ball, my daughter is almost 10, not some adorable toddler!

 

[legalsea]

Oh, Magic 8 Ball, will my mother let me live down the family vacation we are taking over Easter that will prevent her from taking my daughter to Easter church services in the ridiculous over-the-top dress Mom wanted to show her off in? Sheesh, Magic 8 Ball, my daughter is almost 10, not some adorable toddler!

Hmm. The question is a bit rambling, and not really in a Magic 8 Ball format. Let me see if I can tighten it up some:

"Oh, Magic 8 Ball! Will Susyk4's mother ever get to dress Susyk4's almost-10-year-old daughter in the ridiculous over-the-top dress she purchased exclusively for said daughter?"

(Shaking Magic 8 Ball like a hung-over Leprechaun):

"Looks good to me!"

Well! It appears that you and the Magic 8 Ball have some slight disagreement about the attractiveness of the dress your mother purchased for your daughter. The Magic 8 Ball obviously peered through the cosmos and examined the dress and liked it.

Now, I realize that the Magic 8 Ball did not really answer your question. We were asking this miserable globe if your mother would ever manage to get your nine year old (when you say 'almost 10, I guess you mean 9) into this dress which you believe it more suited for a toddler. Instead, we get some Tim Gunn fashion statement.

It is my opinion that 1) Magic 8 Balls have little practical knowledge of fashion for young ladies but insert their own preference and 2) your mother and the Magic 8 Ball have very, very similiar tastes in clothing for children.

So, the next time your mother pulls out that tacky dress only fit for some drooling 2 year old child, tell her "It would look good on a Magic 8 Ball, but not my daughter!" (I believe there was even a book written about that, later turned into a movie starring Sally Field, entitled "Not On MY Daugther You Don't!")

Of course, as your nine-almost-ten-year old daughter ages and begins to cause some trouble (probably in two months) you may want to pull out the dress and threaten to make her wear it to the Sixth Grade Prom.

Glad we were able to help.

 

[luvmy3]

Oh magic 8 ball, do I really have to get my behind off this couch so that I can run all over the place to get my kids their much needed sporting equipment for this weekend's practices.

(PS Magic 8 ball, if you could side with me I would be forvever in your debt )

 

[legalsea]

Oh magic 8 ball, do I really have to get my behind off this couch so that I can run all over the place to get my kids their much needed sporting equipment for this weekend's practices.

(PS Magic 8 ball, if you could side with me I would be forvever in your debt )

Let us consult the mystical orb:

"Oh, Magic 8 Ball! Does Luvmy3 really have to stir herself to get off her comfy couch and go out into the cold cruel world to buy sporting equipment for her ungrateful children"? (you did not say ungrateful, but it is a given):

(Shaking, then dropping, the picking up, the Magic 8 Ball):

"My sources say No!"

Ah! There you go! Just the answer you.....wait, something else is coming up in the window:

"Amazon"

Wow! I didn't even know that "Amazon" was a possible answer in Magic 8 Balls!

However, I believe I see what the Magic 8 Ball is trying to say: move from your comfy couch to your comfy computer chair (where you are sitting RIGHT NOW), go to the Amazon web site, select the various sporting equipment you need, click on 'overnight shipping', and all will be delivered to your door tomorrow! Very wise, Magic 8 Ball!

 

[luvmy3]

Thank you Mighty 8 Ball, its just what I wanted to hear but is there anyway you can get Amazon to deliver by 11 AM tomorrow morning

 

[legalsea]

Thank you Mighty 8 Ball, its just what I wanted to hear but is there anyway you can get Amazon to deliver by 11 AM tomorrow morning

I shall ask:

Oh! Magic 8 Ball! will luvmy3's order be delivered to her by 11:00 tomorrow morning?

(shake)

"As I see it, Yes"

What kind of answer is that? We wanted a definitive answer, not some "As I See It" answer.

Of course, I have a feeling that my Magic 8 Ball is a 'shill' for Amazon and so will not hesitate to give an answer indicating that Amazon will magically get your order to your house by 11 am (here in Fort Worth, our UPS driver usually shows up around 5 in the afternoon; I know, since the Magic 8 Ball orders all sorts of crap from Amazon due to the 'one click' shopping they have).

I don't know. I feel that my Magic 8 Ball must get some 'cut' from Amazon for orders it can get people to make. Perhaps you should roll out of your couch and head over to Walmart (where I get a cut of the action) and so get your sporting equipment today.

After all, if you order from Amazon and the order does not show up until tomorrow afternoon, you will sound pretty lame to your children when you explain "But the Magic 8 Ball told me the stuff would be here by 11 o'clock!"

 

[okeydokey]

Oh Magic 8 ball, what will the weather and crowds be like in the Magic Kingdom on September 18, 2012?

 

[legalsea]

Oh Magic 8 ball, what will the weather and crowds be like in the Magic Kingdom on September 18, 2012?

Hmm, a very specific question! We shall ask:

"Oh, Magic 8 Ball! What will the weather and crowds be like in the Magic Kingdom on September 18, 2012?"

(Shake and bake)

"Outlook not so good".


Drat! I wonder what that means?

Of course, the mystical Magic 8 Ball is a direct descendant of the Mayans. As such, it fully believes that the world will be ending on December 12, 2012, or just three months before your proposed visit.

I guess that the Magic 8 Ball is thinking that as a prelude to the Big Event on 12/12/12 there will be things such as earthquakes, tornadoes, flaming balls of fire coming out of the sky, rampaging beasts (especially cats), dust storms, tidal waves, riots, and political elections (not to mention a World Series; if the Texas Rangers are in the Series in October 2012, I will be heading for the hills).

I guess the Magic 8 Ball has a point. Your proposed visit to the Magic Kingdom three months prior to the End of the World is just on the cusp of the beginning of the End. Perhaps you could move your visit up a week or so?

 

[okeydokey]

I knew it!

 

[luvmy3]

I just wanted to let the Magic 8 Ball know that I did in fact take its wisdom to heart and stayed on my comfy couch and shopped Amazon and a few other places. Granted I did not get a single thing for those ungrateful kids of mine, unless they were looking foward to a new bath towels, but the Magic 8 Ball did see my future

 

[Luvchefmic]

Love it ....such memories and a great thread ok here goes:

"Oh Magic 8 Ball will Ruthie get that job that she applied for yesterday at WDW?"

 

[Luvchefmic]

Did I break the ball?

 

[Gabes_mommy]

Magic 8 ball - is the baby I am carrying a girl?

Fun thread BTW!