Do you ever get one of those days where you get the giggles and it seems everything is funny? I'm having one of those days and I know from past experience that its best for me to try to keep a low profile. I've already made about 20 comments today on Gather member articles and most are totally off the wall. I need to try to get back to the real world, but for some reason I'm having memories of some of the things I've done that has caused my wife to give me 'The Look'. All married men understand 'The Look'.
I think the most outrageous thing I ever did happened about six years ago. We had just moved into our home and my son came running to me and told me there was a big pile of dog poop in our front yard. I can't explain why, but I told my son to get the camera to take a picture of it. Later my son was telling mom about taking pictures of dog poop and of course Kayoko asked me what in the world I was doing. I told her I was making memories of our first day in our new home. She just gave me 'The Look' and told me not to dare put it in our photo album. Well, I got the film developed and sat in my room looking at this photo. I decided to mount it on some construction paper and then went to my wife and said, 'Where do you want me to hang this photo?' She gave me 'The Look' and said, 'You're disgusting.' Well that should have ended that, but my addled brain saw another opportunity. I had met my neighbor Claire the week before. Claire was 84 years old and quite talkative. Well, I saw her in her yard, so I grabbed the photo and ran over to see her. With a totally straight face I said, 'Someone left something on our yard and I want to return it to them. I have a picture. Maybe you can tell me who owns this?' I handed her the photo and her initial expression was priceless. She then burst out laughing. Claire and I have been very good friends since that day. When I later told my wife about this, she thought it was funny. When I told her I was going to take this photo and show it to other neighbors, she gave me 'The Look' and made me rip up the photograph. I still have the negative to use just in case we move and I need to introduce myself to new neighbors.
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Once when I was a kid, a neighbor from up the block let her small dog poop on our lawn. My mother saw this from inside. She waited until the woman left. Then my mom picked up the poop in a bag, walked up the street, and returned it while the woman was on her porch.
Classic.
I still crack up from that.
Go Mom.
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We stood in the yard with our pictures and our scoops, and our tales of "staking out the yard", who was where when, and our dogs toilet schedules. I was determined to win. I and my dog had not done" it"! I had his scooper. What finally won the case for me was the poop color. We showed the food we fed our dogs, and it was a slam dunk for me. He only ate one type of food, and had for ages, it was only one color. IT was a proud day. Bullet, (my dog) and I celebrated by taking a long walk with his giant pooper scooper, and we stopped in front of the guilty parties house, where I promptly picked up the "perfectly colored evidence. This was on the South Side of Saint Louis Hills, very picky. (smile) Ellen B
Marge, that's a very good idea.
Anywho...great laugh reading the article and comments.
well ..your comments are always like a cold breeze for me ...never off the wall...
Your wife must have "The Look" patented after living with you so many years.
Sorry, I haven't been around much this week. Not such a good time for me.
you are such a hoot... but, i do know about 'the look'... i used to
get it from my ex... haha
a sly look
a go away now look
a come hither look
dont bother me look
a sad look
a mad look
a sappy look
a happy look
I miss you look
I want you look
my sexy look
my headache look
every look in the book
bu you, William have me
on the Hook
see, now just, Look
With all of Elsie's looks, when does she sleep?
Sometimes I just love the way you write!
And you reminded me of something I gave to a neighbor 3 years ago.
It was disgusting, and it was hers---
And I can't believe I walked all the way over there with it and never got any on me.
I bet Buzy Bee can come up with a hilarious take on this someday!
Suffice to say that I forgot to read Bhawana's article..lol!!!
Whenever I give that look everyone blissfully ignores it. Is it a woman thing? I see it regularly but I've never achieved it once.
Wait wait. On Tuesdays when I do some child care duties, the younger ones do respond to my "look" so all is not lost.
Is the Passion Play in Branson? My parents went to it and loved it.
If I remember correctly William, { its been a long time} the Passion Play is the greatest reinactment of the death, burial, and ressurection of Jesus. All the lightening and thunder and sound effects [ music] to make you really think about the cross.
I am sitting here laughing my head off! Thank you everyone! If I didn't have Gather, I would be laughing a lot less! You guys all rock!!