coulda heard a pin drop
Posted by Dalene | June 25, 2008 | 12 Comments
My tween daughter Susie Q (not her real name) has a hard time breaking away from whatever she is doing to come when she is called. Although her excuses vary, there was a time when, no matter what I asked of her, her reply was always this:
“One sec.”
You may imagine that grew a bit tiresome as seconds rolled into minutes and minutes rolled into…well, you know.
Which is what prompted the following exchange that took place in a somewhat public location:
Me: “Susie, come here NOW, please.”
Susie: “One sec!”
Me (loudly and emphatically): “NO MORE SECS!”
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June 25th, 2008 @ 10:26 pm
DOH!!
June 25th, 2008 @ 10:32 pm
Funny.
I am just realizing how incredibly annoying it is when someone is, ahem, stuck in a book. Who thought it would be a good idea to teach the kids to read?
June 25th, 2008 @ 11:24 pm
That’s hilarious! Oops!
June 25th, 2008 @ 11:58 pm
Classic!
June 26th, 2008 @ 12:08 am
Did your husband hear that?
June 26th, 2008 @ 12:13 am
Excellent comment Jennie!
June 26th, 2008 @ 1:27 am
Ha Ha Ha!!!!
June 26th, 2008 @ 8:20 am
That’s Awesome!!
June 26th, 2008 @ 9:39 am
Love it!
June 26th, 2008 @ 10:53 am
HA!
June 28th, 2008 @ 10:53 pm
Whoopsies!
June 29th, 2008 @ 1:43 am
I’ve heard elsewhere of this exact exchange happening, and funnily enough I was just thinking, tonight, when my daughter said, “Just a minute,” and I shouted back, “No minutes!” that I was grateful she says minutes instead of sec.