# Conversations with kids - a thoughtful, giggle-induced (and highly parenthetical) MMP **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Tags:** mmp\ **Created:** [August 10, 2009, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913 "2009-08-10T10:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Blisters](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/50afbb/32.png) [@Blisters](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blisters)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/41 "2009-08-11T00:51:15Z")
So…this is probably a silly question, but I’ll ask anyway. This thread is kinda all over the map. Talking about the kiddos, but also chatting about…life, laundry, love, loss. Why is that? I don’t see it on other threads, that I can think of anyway… ---
**Author:** ![whiterabbit](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/cab0a1/32.png) [@whiterabbit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/whiterabbit)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/42 "2009-08-11T00:58:33Z")
_waves_ Hi! I haven’t been in the MMP lately. I don’t know why, I just haven’t. Not much is happening with me, that might be it. The only thing of note is that I will be visiting the **Tigers** next week. Paid vacation, woo! Though I am not looking forward to the weather. I like the summers here for a reason, namely, the lack of horrid heat and humidity. It’s all of 72 at the moment, we just had a weird cold spell the last few days (seriously, it was in the low 50s and raining Friday and Saturday, it got down nearly to freezing on Friday night…weiiiird) but its warming up again nicely. I haven’t had any good conversations with little kids lately. My coworkers’ babies are all too young to say much. They’re darn cute, though. ---
**Author:** ![IvoryTowerDenizen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ivorytowerdenizen/32/17937_2.png) [@IvoryTowerDenizen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/IvoryTowerDenizen)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/43 "2009-08-11T00:59:34Z")
> [@Blisters](#): > > So…this is probably a silly question, but I’ll ask anyway. This thread is kinda all over the map. Talking about the kiddos, but also chatting about…life, laundry, love, loss. > > Why is that? I don’t see it on other threads, that I can think of anyway… The MMP is one long conversation over coffee. It starts with a topic (usually) and goes from there! ---
**Author:** ![VunderBob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/839c29/32.png) [@VunderBob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VunderBob)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/44 "2009-08-11T01:27:20Z")
I’ll be first. Happy Birthday, **Dots**!!! ---
**Author:** ![Flutterby](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Flutterby](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Flutterby)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/45 "2009-08-11T02:13:48Z")
I fell asleep for two hours this afternoon, after bringing Mom home and seeing all the stuff Nana sent home with her. Now I’m all cranky because I really shouldn’t have napped and I hope I won’t be tired tomorrow. That would be bad, going back to work like that. Blah. ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 2:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/46 "2009-08-11T02:26:26Z")
it’s a friggin light show here - and noisy one at that - I half expected to see funnel clouds. But the storm is passing now and all we’re getting is a light rain Let’s see Friday and Saturday were Spring, so today must have been Summer. **gt** - cute stories - next time i visit my little ones, I’ll be sure to take notes. ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 2:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/47 "2009-08-11T02:55:06Z")
I find humans entertaining at pretty much any age. So feel free to relay interensting conversations from full-grown humans as well. If you like. Home from a mini-birthday party for Local Best Friend’s daughter. She’s 2! :eek: And for her birthday, she’s sick for the first time ever. Nothing bad, just a fever and the sniffles and she’s all clingy, which isn’t like her at all. But she’s cute as a bug nonetheless. She got a card that plays a cute song and got a kick out of opening because all the grownups would start dancing everytime the miusic started. Now I’m sleepy, so I guess I should crash. Nitey nite everyone! GT ---
**Author:** ![Dottygumdrop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/ce73a5/32.png) [@Dottygumdrop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dottygumdrop)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 3:54am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/48 "2009-08-11T03:54:49Z")
Thanks **VBob**! Crappy night’s sleep, thanks to HRH not grasping the concept of sleeping the whole night in her own bed. She wandered into our room and climbed into bed with us at about 2:30am, then proceeded to kick, elbow and knee me in the back and the side for the next four hours, before standing up in the middle of the bed and declaring at the top of her voice, “FINISHED SLEEPING, NOONIE GO TOILET NOW!” Joy! Happy Birthday to me! ---
**Author:** ![BaneSidhe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/c5a1d2/32.png) [@BaneSidhe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BaneSidhe)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/49 "2009-08-11T04:28:40Z")
I overheard the below conversation one evening at the YMCA while walking from the pool to the women’s dressing room–you have to pass a row of 5 showers with these wee curtains on the front. “Sissy! Close the curtain! You’re letting my naked out!!” ---
**Author:** ![MoodIndigo1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e8c25b/32.png) [@MoodIndigo1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MoodIndigo1)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/50 "2009-08-11T04:44:34Z")
My 2-year-old step-granddaughter has just reached that age, you know… however, she is something of a precocious language snob, since she says “Il n’en est pas question!” (It’s out of the question), in a very firm tone, instead of “no”. It’s hard not to laugh. ---
**Author:** ![Alastair\_Moonsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@Alastair\_Moonsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alastair_Moonsong)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/51 "2009-08-11T04:49:29Z")
Spent the evening watching the most incredible display of heat lightning I’ve ever seen from the relative comfort of my oldest friend’s porch. Not a bad way to spend the evening. Dinner is grilled chicken over salad with fresh tomatoes, crumbled blue cheese, and blue cheese dressing, followed by crashing in the beanbag chair. First on two! ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 4:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/52 "2009-08-11T04:49:40Z")
1st on 2! now I can go to sleep 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Alastair\_Moonsong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/3e96dc/32.png) [@Alastair\_Moonsong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alastair_Moonsong)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 5:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/53 "2009-08-11T05:35:38Z")
Mwahahahaha! Posted the same minute as Anyrose’ post! And the best part is, I purely coincidentally refreshed the forum and posted that without even realizing it was Post 51. _snickers evilly and bounces away_ ---
**Author:** ![tarragon918](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d26b3c/32.png) [@tarragon918](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tarragon918)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 10:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/54 "2009-08-11T10:05:07Z")
Good morning all! I was hoping to get out of here early again today but didn’t quite make it. Oh well. Happy Tuesday, three more days (after today :)) until the weekend. I’m caffeinated, but only partially. 😛 and … **Happy Birthday Dotty!** Woo hoo, sorry that **HRH** got ya off to a bad start but maybe it will end up on a good note. 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sticks_and_scones/32/16951_2.png) [@Sticks\_and\_Scones](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sticks_and_Scones)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 10:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/55 "2009-08-11T10:45:16Z")
**Happy Birthday Dotty!** ---
**Author:** ![gardentraveler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gardentraveler/32/3576_2.png) [@gardentraveler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gardentraveler)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 11:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/56 "2009-08-11T11:13:17Z")
Happy Birthday, **Dotty**! Hope HRH lets you sleep tomorrow. Sleepy, but I need to get up. Bad case of the donwannas. Firday? GT ---
**Author:** ![anyrose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/54ee81/32.png) [@anyrose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/anyrose)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/57 "2009-08-11T11:30:36Z")
[QUOTE=gt] Bad case of the donwannas [/QUOTE] me, too - but I’m dressed already, so I guess I gotta ---
**Author:** ![Rebo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rebo/32/13005_2.png) [@Rebo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rebo)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 11:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/58 "2009-08-11T11:49:47Z")
Good morning! Look at all the newbies! Welcome! **Happy Birthday, Dotty!!!** Mr Rebo cooked dinner last night. It was a bit of a mess. I wish he’d have asked me if you can cook Stovetop Stuffing in a crock pot for hours and hours. 😉 The boneless pork chops were very flavorful, but dry. He went to the store and got another box of Stovetop, and made it per directions. And we had some cheesy veggies. I have to get a presentation together for Thursday. I’ve been slacking. I’m sure because of that, they’ll give me something else to do so I’ll be stressed for time. Ain’t that the way? 😃 Gonna go get busy. ---
**Author:** ![Nava](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/da6949/32.png) [@Nava](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nava)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/59 "2009-08-11T13:21:17Z")
**Cumpleaños feliz, cumpleaños feliz, te deseamos Dooooottyyyyy cumpleaños feeeeeliiiiiiiiiz** Can’t wait for Sunday. ---
**Author:** ![Mahna\_Mahna](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e47c2d/32.png) [@Mahna\_Mahna](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mahna_Mahna)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2009, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913/60 "2009-08-11T13:25:26Z")
Happy birthday, Dotty! **MoodIndigo** , that girl’s got moxy! I like her style. 🙂 _waves to **snowbunny** _ Howdy stranger. We were wondering where you’d gone off to! Glad all is well… please tell \*\*MamaTigs \*\*we miss her. **doggio** , it looks like you had yourself some fun, mister. I’m seriously disappointed by the lack of Elvis impersonators and Vegas showgirls, though. Good news everybody! The heat wave that descended upon us finally convinced my 'maters it’s about damned time they start ripening. As of this morning, I have two Mr Stripeys along with three or four baby yellow pear 'maters in edible condition. Also, the basil in my herb pot has reached epic proportions. Guess who’s making caprese salad for dinner tomorrow? 🙂 Underworld in T minus 12. I can barely contain my squeeeeeeeeeeeeeee. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/conversations-with-kids-a-thoughtful-giggle-induced-and-highly-parenthetical-mmp/505913.md?page=4)