Mom’s Dictionary

Amnesia: Condition that enables a woman who has gone through labor to become romantic again.

Dumbwaiter: One who asks if the kids would care to order dessert.

Family Planning: The art of spacing your children the proper distance apart to keep you on the edge of financial disaster.

Feedback: The inevitable result when your baby doesn’t fully appreciate the strained carrots.

Full Name: What you call your child when you’re mad at him.

Grandparents: The people who think your children are wonderful even though they’re sure you’re not raising them right.

Hearsay: What toddlers do when anyone mutters a dirty word.

Independent: What we want our children to be as long as they do everything we say.

OW: The first word spoken by children with older siblings.

Puddle: A small body of water that draws other small bodies wearing dry shoes into it.

Show Off: A child who is more talented than yours.

Sterilize: What you do to your first baby’s pacifier by blowing on it.

Top Bunk: Where you should never put a child wearing Superman pajamas.

Philia

I thought I would share a transcript of a particularly productive moment in my
9th grade “English” (sic) class:

We watched the end of Zeferelli’s “Romeo & Juliet” today in class. During the
scene in which Romeo discovers Juliet, who appears to be dead, lying in the
Capulet family crypt, the following discussion occurred:

Julio Baez: Yo, he’s gonna jump on her!
Ms. Young: Julio, nowhere on this planet would that be an appropriate thing to
say.
Julio: No, Ms. Young! I think he’s a hermaphrodite!
Ms. Young: Julio, he’s not a hermaphrodite.
Julio: No, Ms. Young! For real! There’s really people who like to have sex
with dead people!
Ms. Young: Yes, but they’re not called “hermaphrodites,” they’re called
“necrophiliacs.”
Julio: (Aside to Felix) She’s so stupid. (To me) No Ms. Young,
necrophiliac is when you have that disease where you can’t stop bleeding.

Trainset

Little Johhny is playing with his train set while his mother is dusting in the other room. As Johnny brings the train to a halt his mother hears him say, “This is the last stop all you assholes and all you bastards who need to exit better do so now, and all you assholes who are bording need to hurry the fuck up”.

The mother is startled by Johnny’s language and immediately rushes in the room to scold him. “You know better than to use that filthy language! I don’t believe how dirty your mouth is. You get up from there right now and march yourself into your room for 2 hours until you learn how a child is supposed to speak whether playing or not”!!

2 hours later Little Johnny returns to his trains. “Greetings from Amtrak to all passengers” he says. “This is line 205 with a destination of NY city. Would all passengers with destinations of Detroit, Pittsburgh, and Altona please board the train now and also…..don’t forget to watch your step”.

His mother smiles as she washes dishes in the kitchen. Johnny continues, “And if any passenger wants to know why the fuck we are 2 hours late…..ask the bitch in the kitchen”.

A grade school teacher

A grade school teacher was asking students what their parents did for a
living. Timmy stood up and said, “My mom is a doctor!” Sarah stood up and said,
“My father is a professor!” Little Johnny stood up and said, “My dad is a piano
player in a whorehouse!”

The teacher couldn’t believe what she’s had just heard, so she made a point of
calling Little Johnny’s father that evening to discuss the situation. Little
Johnny’s father explained, “Actually, I’m a law attorney, but how am I supposed
to explain that to a seven year old kid!”

Little Rascals

The little rascals were in class and the teacher was giving them a vocabulary lesson. The teacher said, “Alfalfa, use the word love in a sentence”.
Alfalfa replies, “I love Darla”.

The teacher said, “Good…now Spanky your word is respect”.

Spanky replies, “I respect the way Alfalfa loves Darla”.

The teacher said, “Very good! Now Buckweat its your turn, your word is Dictate”.

Buckweat replies, “Hey Darla…how did my dictate last night?”.