Awesome thing #
1: I take Maddie to the dr’s office. Her car seat weighs a freakin ton, making it difficult to open the door. On our way out, some lady helps me out and in the spirit of being cordial, makes small talk saying “you know what they say, if evolution was real, moms would have more than two hands…” “ahahahaha, oh yes,” say I, in the same cordial spirit. We head in the same direction in the parking lot and I see ominous fish plastered on her bumper . She is not joking, she really doesn’t believe in evolution. I wanted to chase her down and say “excuse me, ma’am, I am taking my ‘ahahaha, oh yes’ back.” But the car seat weighs a freakin ton, so Maddie and I go home in our car with a Greek flag on the bumper (from the proud previous owners).
Awes
ome thing #2: A UPS guy delivering something to us today asked me if I am the nanny or if I live here.
Awesome thing #3: Maddie threw up…in my mouth! It was totally my fault, of course. I was doing the exaggerated goo goo ga ga as I was bouncing her above my head. She is awesome.
P.S. You know those fish with the little legs and the ones with the word Darwin in it? How exactly is one to read them – “I am a believer AND I do not deny scientific facts” or “screw all the people with the fish on your bumper?”
P.P.S. Completely unrelated but very important, but Henri is a great brother and Maddie lights up every time she sees him.
4 comments:
Lets see about those fishy “omens” or was it the other way around?,
"Ryugu no tsukai" (slender oarfish) — or "Messenger from the Sea God's Palace" (The Japan Times (or google.com)
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“Oarfish omen spells earthquake disaster for Japan” (From the Telegraph.co.uk or google.com)
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"In ancient times Japanese people believed that fish warned of coming earthquakes, particularly catfish," (From Daily Telegraph or google.com)
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“A fish swimming in clear water is an omen that you will acquire personal wealth and power.” (from Dream Dictionary F or google.com)
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And my personal favorite, “It is a Maori notion that a fish hooked by the belly instead of by the mouth is a sure sign that the fisher's wife is misconducting herself on shore and it inevitably spoils a man's fishing for the day.” (Publication from 1951, ZETC or New Zealand Electronic Text Centre)
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My deepest regrets for the lady with the fish…
PS. The kids are fantastic! Keep ‘em rolling!
what the fuck! the google didn't accept my wedge-bracketed comments underneath each quote - those wee supposed to be funny! Never mind. Now I look like an asshole who believes in fish.
PS. Accidental Censorship is ruinous. Peace.
I have to say, all those fish implications sound a lot more reasonable than the one inherent to the symbol I posted; at least they don't infer that evolution is not real. And the last one does sound like the real deal :)
How about, if God was real he would have given moms more than two hands?
I've always read the Darwin legged fish stickers as "screw all the people with the fish on your bumper". Or maybe they are about toxic-runoff awareness--symbol of evolution by way of poison. I for one would like some way of warning the people who come to my neighborhood to fish that our lawn-loving residents use tons of chemicals to make that grass so green.
Love the picture of brother and sister!
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