tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post9181645332990841031..comments2023-11-02T04:47:57.375-05:00Comments on Giraffe Dreams: Three Jumps at the Pantry DoorCarol E.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02741550863747328734noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-57960368030186644152021-02-23T17:52:47.539-06:002021-02-23T17:52:47.539-06:00I presume you live in USA? I live in UK. I have ...I presume you live in USA? I live in UK. I have found your phrase because I'm investigating 'Three jumps at the cupboard door' which my mum always used to say to us when we asked 'what's for tea?' (tea means dinner in north of England). To me, it meant 'nothing, if you're not careful!' There are many variations of the phrase and it appears to have been used3Jumpshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04757008730679731502noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-24161999525872753942009-10-17T08:11:04.013-05:002009-10-17T08:11:04.013-05:00Once while on a picnic with our family and a frien...Once while on a picnic with our family and a friend of our son, I was wearing a t-shirt from a writing class that I had taken, with "Don't Foget to Write" written accross the front. After we had eaten his friend looked at me and said, "You have a (stammer stammer) well, a chip on your forget." Which has now become code from my husband to me, when he says, "You have Pattilouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17517413155581097319noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-43452290646593853472009-10-13T16:38:51.423-05:002009-10-13T16:38:51.423-05:00PS: I love the bonelness chicken.
PPS: Hubby is...PS: I love the bonelness chicken.<br /><br />PPS: Hubby is learning to text. His first text to me was "everything is fin" so now when we're checking up on each other we'll ask if things are fin. Makes me smile.Craftygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329532031115676466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-44065098606441007952009-10-13T16:36:32.370-05:002009-10-13T16:36:32.370-05:00When Fred or I pour a drink for the other we ask &...When Fred or I pour a drink for the other we ask "Do you want more than you usually get?" due to years of filling glasses half full to limit the amount of kid-spills.<br /><br />And when Cal was little he called butter crank. "You want more crank on that potato?" Imagine the chagrin when the kindergarten tester asked Cal how to make a sandwich . . . "First you take Craftygirlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02329532031115676466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-56551537242774779992009-10-13T11:46:43.468-05:002009-10-13T11:46:43.468-05:00I was a follower of your mom! About the time my k...I was a follower of your mom! About the time my kids got to middle elementary school age I declared Sunday as Mom's night off. We would stop at a local grocery deli for sandwhiches after church and everyone was on their own for dinner. It evolved into "Baked Potato Night" as most of the time everyone would cook a baked potato and put leftovers on top. <br /><br />"Fimmers&BrendaLouhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09611007122517409941noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-7751579240621881692009-10-12T23:44:41.694-05:002009-10-12T23:44:41.694-05:00We call this fend night around here...it's wha...We call this fend night around here...it's what Keith's mom called it when they were growing up.<br /><br />Usually we fend when Keith comes home, I haven't cooked anything, and when one of us doesn't feel like going out.Mary Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07801947879882584734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-87023707393094414022009-10-12T17:50:48.907-05:002009-10-12T17:50:48.907-05:00For the last couple of years, my husband and I hav...For the last couple of years, my husband and I have used, "Big room with cars!" as a code word for "I'm blanking on a common word that I want to say." You can probably extrapolate the story on your own...Judy H.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16104489530177728125noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-51192260694515068952009-10-12T15:11:19.594-05:002009-10-12T15:11:19.594-05:00Oh, I love these comments! Wish I could hear more!...Oh, I love these comments! Wish I could hear more! We quote a lot of movie lines at home, too. "You didn't clean up your area." and "I shall hold back the waters!" and "I shall avert my eyes at the proper moment" are all movie lines that we use fairly often. The first two are from.. I can't remember the name, but they're from the same movie. The nut jobs Carol E.https://www.blogger.com/profile/02741550863747328734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-4533624311222530462009-10-12T12:06:15.587-05:002009-10-12T12:06:15.587-05:00My husband always makes up names for things. He c...My husband always makes up names for things. He calls one grocery store near us the Tommy Road store because his uncle Tommy lives on the same road. We call our daughters new boy friend the Chinese boy friend because she met him in China, he is not Chinese. In our extended family some of us have "family" names. My husband calls our oldest son Earl just for fun.Twisted Quiltshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711708486487502455noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-60792954125414017532009-10-12T09:35:33.696-05:002009-10-12T09:35:33.696-05:00Love the story, Carol!
All that I can remember ...Love the story, Carol! <br /><br />All that I can remember is a hurtz donut. I was (still am) the baby of the family by many years to my siblings. And my two older bros LOVED to tease me. (Still do.) Anyway...they'd say "hey, you wanna hurtz donut?" Donuts have always been my weakness, even as a child. So of course I would nod, excitedly. They'd punch (lightly, of courseDarciehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16174123533089213020noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-73486168017473092042009-10-11T19:53:30.025-05:002009-10-11T19:53:30.025-05:00we just snort...lol
I have to think about this a ...we just snort...lol<br /><br />I have to think about this a bit...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16346233465756948090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20552696.post-18511356641819710682009-10-11T17:56:29.051-05:002009-10-11T17:56:29.051-05:00In my family we say, "m'ungry?" Then...In my family we say, "m'ungry?" Then grunt and nod and say "m'ungry!" If we are asking if someone is hungry and replying :)Torinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00992090842674056507noreply@blogger.com