Two things made me laugh today. Well, probably more than two, but these are the ones that I deemed blog-worthy.
Funny Item #1 - I got my hair cut exactly 2 weeks ago. Today I got 4 compliments from coworkers on my hair. Comments in the vein of "Did you just get your hair cut? It looks good." I attribute the lateness of the comments to one of three things:
a) Teachers tend to rush around too much and notice things late.
b) It's a really solitary profession -- you really don't spend much time with your coworkers.
or: c) The hair looked horrible when it was first cut. It was too short. It's grown a bit and looks much cuter now.
Funny Item #2 - I was card shopping for a birthday card, a wedding card and a fathers' day card. (Note: I am not usually this early with buying fathers' day cards but there was a buy 3 cards get 3 free sale so I figured it was a good time to get myself prepared). One fathers' day card caught my eye. It went along the lines of:
"Hey Dad! Some guy told me that you have a drinking problem and an anger management problem..."
Open card.
"So I hit him over the head with one of your empty whiskey bottles. Happy Fathers' Day!"
This made me laugh out loud. I was soooooo going to get it for my dad, being that he has a pretty sick and twisted sense of humour. Then I thought of my mother. Who would surely find the card distasteful. A few years ago my dad bought me a birthday card that went along the lines of "I didn't know what to get you for you birthday, so I stole you this card." She deemed this as a highly inappropriate card and got my dad in trouble. The card was confiscated and my father was sent to get a new card. She saved me the card so I could see the impropriety for myself. I was unaware of her rules for greeting cards before this incident.
Visions of this scene played through my head as I pictured myself giving my dad this card. He'd find this funny but I'd have to endure the wrath of my mother. The card was put back and exchanged for an inoffensive card with a joke about killing spiders. Gotta love the quirks of your family members, I suppose...
I'd say some more, but I'm very tired of typing because I just had a long MSN conversation with some friends and had to send out a bunch of emails regarding wedding presents, post-wedding brunches and more secret scrapbook projects. Plus, I'm gonna do a bit more typing 'cuz I have to catch up on my blog reading and commenting... I'll leave you with one last very important tidbit of info:
Countdown Update: 6 more days of classes!
7 comments:
6 more days, yay! :) Let the good times roll. :)
Your card stories reminded me of a card I gave my mom one year for mother's day. Little background needed: My father isn't much of a father. Anyways, the card went something like this:
"Look how good I turned out..."
inside of card:
"Considering I had half of Dad's genes to deal with." :)
My mom and I both thought it was hilarious, but some people thought it was too harsh. Some people didn't even believe me that they made a card that said that. I loved it, it was so perfect! :)
LOL, the last time I gotmy hair dyed it took about a week for everyone to notice. LOL, and when they did it was mostly the men! They blamed it on being "trained" LOLOLOL.
That is a freakin funny card! :)I would have over-looked the card-buying rules and still gotten it :)
love that card...i just snorted thinking about it!
6 days...are the kids showing all the hyperness and stress at the same time yet?
hah funny cards are the best kind...does anyone actually enjoy receiving those sentimental cheese ones?
I have more days of "instruction" than you. I am somewhat jealous.
LOL @ the birthday card and the standards set by your mum. You should send two cards, one purely for your dad, and another for him to show to your mum
I aggree with Güggenflürgen. YOu should have given the funny card in secret and a real card to share :)
I know your dad would have enjoyed the humor in that as well.. Maybe i'll look for it to give to my dad :)
i love inappropriate cards. it's so hard to find a truly funny card - so many of them are just lame or cheesy.
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