The boss wondered why one of his most valued employees had not phoned in sick one day. Having an urgent problem with one of the main computers, he dialed the employee's home phone number and was greeted with a child's whisper. "Hello?"
"Is your daddy home?" he asked.
"Yes," whispered the small voice.
"May I talk with him?"
The child whispered, "No."
Surprised and wanting to talk with an adult, the boss asked, "Is your Mommy there?"
"Yes."
"May I talk with her?"
Again the small voice whispered, "No."
Hoping there was somebody with whom he could leave a message, the boss asked, "Is anybody else there?"
"Yes," whispered the child, "policeman."
Wondering what a cop would be doing at his employee's home, the boss asked, "May I speak with the policeman?"
"No, he's busy", whispered the child.
"Busy doing what?"
"Talking to Daddy and Mommy and the Fireman," came the whispered answer.
Growing more worried as he heard a loud noise in the background through the earpiece on the phone, the boss asked, "What is that noise?"
"A helicopter" answered the whispering voice.
"What is going on there?" demanded the boss, now truly apprehensive.
Again, whispering, the child answered, "The search team just landed a helicopter."
Alarmed, concerned and a little frustrated the boss asked, "What are they searching for?"
Still whispering, the young voice replied with a muffled giggle...
"ME."
The perfect place to wish you:
ReplyDeleteHappy Turtle Day!
Any excuse for good times, eh?
Oh my God. Ha!
ReplyDeleteKnow what? Right before I woke up today I had an absolutely terrifying dream about being in a hotel and not being able to find my son.
Right now we're in the midst of a play date (no school today) and I sort of wish they'd disappear...
:)
Rmj, Happy Turtle Day! back to you. It's also my grandson's birthday. He turns seven, no make that eight, today. Seems I lost a whole year there. That grandson, J., has owned several pet turtles, which were eventually released into the wild when they grew too large.
ReplyDeleteHe currently has a pet snake. I AM NOT KIDDING! It's a female king snake about 40 inches long, which he calls a queen snake. I have asked him not to come near me with the snake and warned him not to play jokes on me by frightening me with the snake, or I might die. Yes. I said that. The snake was to be released back into the wild, but it never seems to actually happen. It is growing. It has already shed one skin. Both grandchildren let the snake wind around them.
Happy Birthday, J.!
PJ, sorry, I know that I am the host and I should be gracious on my own site, but I'm going to play a little game of one-upmanship here. Today, I will be picking up not just my grandson and granddaughter from school, but my GD will have four friends with her to spend the night. I will have five girls ages 12-13 to entertain me and exhaust me until 6:30 this evening. What fun!
ReplyDeleteThen tomorrow evening I'll have the pleasure of going to Pinocchio's for J.'s birthday party. Oh joy! I can't wait. Noise! Games! Kids! What more could I ask for?
Oh dear. Good luck. Peace be with you. ;)
ReplyDeleteMimi and Doug -- I've seen this somewhere else, very recently -- dunno where -- and I just plain LOVE it! I actually DID remember the punchline before I got to it (rare for me -- you can always tell me jokes ten times) and it just made me happier to be seeing it again.
ReplyDeleteOn Mother's Day at dinner, we were talking about pets. My brother-in-law Tim (who is a genius in his field, and also, peculiar) said that turtles make PERFECT pets -- when you're tired and fed up with them you can just throw 'em in the freezer for a month or two, and they hibernate til you take 'em back out.
I am still living in a household where I'm keeping the kitchen to a very high standard of kosher -- I don't think I'm allowed to keep reptiles in the freezer, even if they're still alive. But any of YOU could!
Happy Turtle Day!
Kate, what about snakes in the freezer? Ugh!
ReplyDeleteWell, Mimi -- my son gave me a cookbook once, by the Canadian Writers' Association or something like that. Famous authors submit their recipes, and tell why it's this one ...
ReplyDeleteOne came from a travel writer. He wrote about being at a cook-out in the wilds of southeast Asia or Australia or somewhere, and cooking a snake. He said, it's very important that you have two people on either side of the campfire, stretching the snake out over it and rotating it while it's cooking. If you just throw it in the fire, it twists all up into a pretzel. Even though it's already deceased.
And that being said, another of my cookbooks says, "NEVER tell you're picky eater children this tastes like chicken, cuz next time, they won't eat chicken either."
Pinocchio's, huh? It's a good thing grandchildren are so adorable, we might be more tempted to take them to Pinocchio's, preferably in another state, then leave.
ReplyDeletePrayers for Mimi, who will need them more than usual this weekend, or so it sounds.
I had rattlesnake at a restaurant once.
ReplyDeleteIt was good. Didn't taste like chicken, though.
I draw the line at eating snake. I ate alligator once, and it tasted pretty good, but it's the idea of what I'm eating that put me off.
ReplyDeleteJohnieb, prayers welcome. So far, so good.
I'm momentarily jealous. Two of our granddaughters will be with us next weekend. Only two, but we will be thoroughly exhausted by the end of the day.
ReplyDeleteEnjoy yourself - these are the good old days.
I made it home in one piece, and now my son is in charge. Yay!
ReplyDeleteMy grandson was excluded from all the girls' activities. He did not take kindly to that.