So your kids know too, huh?
Was your daughter the one who called 911 during potty-training? Heh
A smart-kid anecdote that really raises the baaa!
I remember the original sheep post but how long ago was that? A decade now?
EvilTOJ
October 15, 2010, 6:24am
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Is this the thread people are talking about?
Nava
October 15, 2010, 6:34am
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Well, it’s not like he can claim he doesn’t know where that gene comes from.
And seriously, Hal , if that’s the only revenge your wife has taken for the wacking thing, be grateful!
a35362:
Okay, I thought this thread was about somebody’s kid stealing a car or something. And I thought, isn’t Hal ’s daughter about, what, five now? And, like, adorable? And then I started reading his post and thought she had stolen the pony toy. And then I thought he was going to take it away from her and hit her for some reason! A five-year-old! Whom he adores!
I need a vacation. Or a nap! WTH…!
I had a friend whose five-year-old son stole his car.
Didn’t get far.
Hal_Briston:
They keep a bin filled with small toys in the classroom at my daughter’s school to be used as rewards. Today, The Littlest Briston comes home proudly showing off the trinket she earned today – a small My Little Pony doll (her latest obsession…the kid much have 30 of 'em).
Fulfilling my role of father and child torturer, I snatched it out of her hand and began gushing about how thankful I was that she brought a present home for me, and how much I simply loved ponies.
She jumped up, grabbed the doll out of my hand, and muttered (with an amazing amount of attitude for a not-quite-five-year-old: “You don’t like ponies…YOU like sheep. And. Lambs.” (with accompanying head-shake to punctuate each of the last three words).
Funny, kid. Real effing funny. Your mother taught you that, didn’t she? Revenge for me teaching you that it’s funny to sneak up behind your mother when she’s about to climb in the shower and whap her on the butt, isn’t it? Want to know what else is funny? Me spending the college fund on a new TV – that’s gonna be hilarious.
Mrs. Hal has found the perfect revenge for this
WordMan
October 15, 2010, 3:33pm
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Why yes; yes it is.
As you read it, you’ll see that someone got into Hal’s SDMB account and posted the OP as a prank. Hence my reference upthread to a “Drive-by Sheeping ”
Kids still like My Little Pony, eh? Good stuff. Didn’t realize those crappy toys had such staying power.
Yep, I see it was only five years ago.
twickster in post 11 has shown himself to be a prophet.
They’re pastel chubby-cheeked little ponies! What’s not to like?
Other than they’re witches.
G
Hell, I liked My Little Pony when I was a kiddo. The happiest day of my life at the time was when my father retrieved one of my ponies from the roof, that a certain sibling’s a-hole friend threw up there on purpose. Sure, one side of her was permanently sunburned, but I still loved her. That’s what made her special.
Am I the only one who noted that both the original thread, and Hal’s daughter, are 5 years old? Coincidence? I think not.
Hal, you need to tell her that this is the kind of pony she’ll be getting:
Fiendish dire pony!
StGermain:
Hal - I could get your daughter a real pony. You’re in NJ, right? The Camelot feedlot has ponies and horses and minis go through every week. A pony for the Littlest Briston is a pony not sent to slaughter.
How big is your back yard?
StG
Wow…I had no idea that this was even a thing – neither the rescuing, nor the need for rescuing. Seems like quite the worthy cause.
And while, yes, we do live in Jersey, our condo association frowns on us keeping horses.
a35362:
Okay, I thought this thread was about somebody’s kid stealing a car or something. And I thought, isn’t Hal ’s daughter about, what, five now? And, like, adorable? And then I started reading his post and thought she had stolen the pony toy. And then I thought he was going to take it away from her and hit her for some reason! A five-year-old! Whom he adores!
I need a vacation. Or a nap! WTH…!
I went through EXACTLY the same series of thoughts. Except for the hitting part. But every thought I had was identical.
Get out of my head!
When twickster reads that, she is going to rip you a new title. Or give you puzzles to review.
Rebo
October 15, 2010, 5:44pm
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No, you get out of my head!
