The Old Dad

For regulars this story will be familiar; for me it's just getting old.

The day of our new one's arrival was a bit busy as you can imagine. I didn't get much to eat. On the way home from the hospital to the existing brood I stopped to nourish myself at a Quiznos. I was the only customer in the joint until a family entered. A youngish man and woman with a 13 year old boy and an obvious newborn in a carrier. As the man and boy ordered the woman sat down at the table next to mine and put the carrier up on the table. I could see the baby sleeping. After a little while I asked how old the child was. The woman told me the girl was three weeks. I wished her congratulations. She said it was strange because it had been a long time since her 13 year old's birth and they had been quite young then.

She asked me if I had children and I said, "Well yes, I just had a brand new daughter today as a matter of fact." She congratulated me and we chatted a little more.

When her son and husband came over she told them that I had just had a baby today. Her husband said he had overheard us talking and wished me his best. I went back to eating and then he turned in his chair and asked me very nicely, "Is this your first grandchild?"

"Daughter - she's my daughter."

His wife looked like she was going to kill him.

This is my life.

There's Been A Mistake

the Questionable One

If I hadn't seen this kid being born, I would swear there had been a switch. This Inuit infant can not be our offspring. I know what our kids look like and this just isn't it. Unlike her siblings, this baby is not a poster child for Hitler Youth.

the Boy

the Girl

I need to have a talk with my wife.

Joe The Author

Joe the Plumber had a book signing yesterday for his tome. He sold five copies.

Joe, meet Joe Isuzu, Clara Peller & Donna Rice. They saved a place for you.

The Colonel Called

A KFC in New Hampshire got a call from "corporate". The sheep just did as they were told. I like when they became suspicious.

A Hazmat call to a Manchester Kentucky Fried Chicken restaurant was determined to have been sparked by a hoax call, police said. Firefighters were called to the restaurant on Hooksett Road because employees reported eye and skin irritation from a fire extinguisher. When emergency crews arrived, they found three employees disrobed outside of the building. The employees told police that the restaurant got a call from someone claiming to be from corporate headquarters who asked them to test their fire suppression system. When they did and reported that they had chemicals from the extinguisher on their clothes, the caller told them they needed to take their clothes off. The workers said they became suspicious when the caller then told them to urinate on each other.

via JMG

More Birthday Wishes

Sharing the birthday with the Girl - A happy (mumble, mumble) birthday to you, RC!
Sorry we couldn't make it a twofer.

Don't you love that I have all the old pics.