Goldfish and the other team's comments

cbakker
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Okay, picture this. A relatively quiet park with count em! 3 dads and their kids playing and getting together to chat. There's a Mom (other team) there as well with her little boy. In between front A (the dads) and B (the mom) lies 2 sippy cups and a bag of goldfish.

 

Suddenly, one of the children from side A cheers with delight as a squirrel pops into the playground and runs up to the ziploc bag of goldfish. He proceeds to attempt to open the bag with no luck. Sides A and B both are watching what happens next, and naturally the dads are betting on how many goldfish the squirrel gets.

 

One of the team A dads chooses to intervene and scare the squirrel away when it runs away with what will turn into a torn ziploc bag somewhere in the park and crumbs of goldfish. This to the consternation of the children of course, who love to see the squirrel win the prize of yummy goldfish.

 

As the Dad returns triumphantly with a bag of ziploc'd goldfish with only minor holes in it, this is heard from Side B "You're not going to feed that to him, are you?"

Side A replies "No"

Side B, "I was going to have to say where is that boy's mother"

Side A, "You were going to have to say something, huh?"

Side B "Yes"

Side A "I believe in a strong immunity system for my son" The other dads nod to this, "Yeah" one says "We're dads!"

Just then a car screeches to a halt besides the park, and a frantic Side B mom runs in to grab the 2 sippy cups and just as quickly depart.

Side A "We probably wouldn't feed the goldfish to our children, because they weren't ours!"

End of battle decisions - Winners - Stalemate, but points to Side A for some witty comebacks.

 

 

 




AtHomeDaddy
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I think I might have eaten a

I think I might have eaten a handful of them myself, for the tie-breaker.



Albyonfloats
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Same conversation in Texas

Side A: "Normally, I would've let little Jimmy catch that squirrel by himself, but his tree climbing skills are a little off since he fell out of that big oak and broke his arm, so I just got it for him. After I caught that little rodent, I snapped his neck and left him behind the tree over there. Dibs on skinning him! Grab the rest of the kids, it's time they learned how to do this anyway."

Side B: (if she's from Texas) "That squirrel's kinda small. I can't believe you didn't just let him go and try to catch a bigger one. What kind of man are you?"

Side B: (if she's not from Texas) "Oh, my God! I think I'm gonna be sick."

 

Strive not to be a success, but rather to be of value. -- Albert Einstein



Ariel3618
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Something to point out

They were goldfish crackers.  Just thought I'd mention it seeing as I've never seen a squirrel go for maki rolls or anything like that.  Squirrel did come back for sippy cups but darn if it didn't have the opposable thumbs to use it correctly.

Next time maybe we should offer to share the snack with Side B kids after the squirrel gets its fill. 

Also note that the side B kids were the ones picking up woods chips and sticks and flinging them everywhere.

Hope to see some Side A crew back at the mystery site soon.



uptown
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tired of the side b

I'm so fed up with comments from women! The sad thing is, if the progeny wasn't really cute it would be even worse I bet.  That distracts them. 

 

The worst cases are the ladies with no children, but they sit for their niece or something so they're experts.  

 

we've got two ladies that work the front desk in our building - I have gotten to the point that I avoid them, taking the service entrance.  

 



monoamore
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Dollar Store Dope

The clerk at the store, an older woman (60ish), said to me, "Daddy's day to babysit?".  So I explained to her that I take care of my children full-time and my wife works full-time.  She didn't say a word, and looked at me with this, "how could you do that to your children", expression.  Maybe I'm just being sensitive, but it was quite ignorant.



Zadokk
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I hear that stupid

I hear that stupid 'babysitting' comment all the time. I just look that the idiot and tell them, "it's not babysitting when they are your own children". As far as getting looks from people when I tell them I am a SaHD, I have actually told people I was in "Long term investements" (as in investing in my children) just to keep from getting "that look"...



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