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Blog: The Pile High Club--how NOT to become a member
 Truth in TV: the family calendar
I had a topic I was going to write about today, but felt swayed to write about something else that cracked me up this weekend. One of the many things I love about Fall (in addition to Saturday College Football and the guacamole that comes with it) is the new Fall TV line-ups. There are so many good new shows out this year (from all that pent up creativity from the writer's strike a few years ago, I think) and one in particular had me in stitches.
In the premier episode of ABC's new sit com Modern Family (http://abc.go.com/shows/modern-family/abc-comedy-wednesday/ThemeGallery/290368#), a 9-year-old boy accidentally shoots his sister with a BB gun. The parents, in response, agree that to be fair and show him how it feels, he will have to be shot (by the father) with the BB gun.
The really funny part of this scene is that the family (mother, father, sister, brother) are trying to find the perfect time to shoot the boy. The conversation goes something like this:
MOM: "You can shoot him after the party."
DAD: "No, I can't shoot him after the party, I have a meeting."
MOM: "OK, then…" [they all walk over to the family calendar in the kitchen] "… well how about Tuesday?"
DAD: "Nope, Tuesday doesn't work I have that thing. But Thursday at 3:30 would work."
MOM: [as she writes it on the calendar and talks out loud] "Shoot Billy… Thursday… 3:30. There."
BILLY: "Mooooom."
DAD: "Sorry Billy, it's on the calendar now."
This had me in hysterics. First, because of the fact they are SUCH the typical over-scheduled American family that they had to check a calendar to find out when they might have time to teach their son a lesson. Second, because once the task was written on the calendar, it was like it was written in stone. The kid tried to whine his way out of it and Dad seemed helpless now that it had been written in pen on the calendar—there was no way out once it was on the calendar. Hysterical. Funny, because it has so much truth to it.
posted on: 9/28/2009 10:30:00 AM by Heather Lambie
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About Heather:
My Husband - "Honey, how thin can you spread yourself before you're no longer there?" Me - "I don't know. But I'm in it to win it, so we may have to find out."
Heather's Website:
www.yourhomeeditor.com
Favorite Websites
- The Sartorialist
This site appeases my hunger for all things New York, reminds me of my time there, and gives me great ideas for unconventional looks.
- Toffee To Go
They are located in Tampa, very near me, but they deliver/ship nationally. They have THE BEST toffee EVER. It's buttery, salty, sweet--all my favorite things in one bite.
- The Container Store
I know this is a no-brainer for an organizer...but this place really turns me on!
- The Poetry Foundation
- Because I Said So (blog)
As a mom myself, this mom of 6 (!!!) has me in stitches.
- Michael Buble
If I wasn't happily married, I might be stalking him. Bar none, the best voice and best sense of humor!
Quotes That Move Me
- General H. Norman Schwarzkopf
"The truth of the matter is, you always know the right thing to do. The hard part is doing it."
- Ivern Ball
"Most of us ask for advice when we know the answer but we want a different one."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The secret of education is respecting the pupil."
- Ralph Waldo Emerson
"Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen."
- Abigail Van Buren
"The best index to a person's character is how he treats another person who can't do him good, and how he treats people who can't fight back."
- Dorothy Galyean
"Worry is like a rocking chair. It gives you something to do, but it doesn't get you anywhere."
- Aristotle
"It is the mark of an educated mind to be able to entertain a thought without accepting it."
- Mark Twain
"To be satisfied with what one has; that is wealth. As long as one sorely needs a certain additional amount, that man isn't rich."
- Jackie Kennedy
"If you bungle raising your children, I don't think whatever else you do matters very much."
Places I'm Dying to Visit
- Hawaii
Any how, any way, any time.
- Los Cabos, Mexico
- China
- Japan
- Alaska (via cruise ship)
- Marbella, Spain
Places I've Already Been
- Australia (Sydney)
- New Zealand
- Tahiti, Moorea, Bora Bora
- London
- Paris
Spent only one day here (took the Chunnel from London when I was there) but it was one amazing, beautiful day where I walked the flea markets, visited the Louvre, people-watched and used all 6 senses to experience it.
- Trinidad & Tobago
My husband is from here, so we go several times a year to visit family.
- Italy (Milan, Vicenza)
- Jamaica
Things I'd Like To Do Before I Die
- Run a leg with the Olympic torch before the games begin
- See the monarch butterflies migrate to Mexico
- Ride a horse on the beach (in the water)
- See a prize fight (boxing) in Las Vegas
- Run the NYC Marathon
I ran the Disney Marathon in 2000 (pre-kids). Would love to run another post-kids, to prove I can.
- Have washboard abs.
- Eliminate self doubt.
- Own an apartment in Manhattan.
- Watch the ball drop in Times Square on New Year's Eve.
- Take an RV trip down the coast of California.
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