Being Dad, Things that made me laugh Andy Fletcher Being Dad, Things that made me laugh Andy Fletcher

Classic Repost: "Raising Boys"

I was doing some blog maintenance last month and found this post that I thought was hysterically funny. I thought I'd bring it forward for one more peek at the humor of being in a home with eight children.

From November 2006:

Tonight's post-dinner conversations...the fine art of cannibalism.
Mangoboy#1: "Dad, if we were cannibals...what part of the body would you eat first?"
Me: "I'd probably start with the hands, because they'd be easy to hold and you could eat them a finger at a time and dip them into ketchup"
Mangoboy#2: "It would probably taste like chicken...everything tastes like chicken."
Mangoboy#3: "Would we eat people like chicken...you know...breasts, thighs, and would their arms/legs be like wings and legs?"
Me again (because I am getting "that look" from Kendra that seems to be asking me how old I am behaving):"Okay...that's enough of this wonderful discussion...let's focus on a better topic."
Mangoboy#3:"If I had to eat you dad, I'd eat your eyes...because they are very wise and have seen a lot of things."
Me again:"Thanks, that's good to know you have my preferred body parts chosen...but this topic is now officially over..."
Mangogirl#1:"If i was a "can of bull" I'd hate to eat dad...I'd rather eat McDonalds."
Me: Launching nose contents as I laugh at my lovely daughters phonetical learning style...


Quietly making noise,
Fletch

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RePost - Boo! It's Time For Christmas!

***Note: Sorry, I had to repost this topic again this year (original post and comments here)

Today, while working on a patient, I was humming and singing to the music in the background (at least i wasn't dancing) and I noticed the lyrics of this specific Christmas song by Andy Williams : "It's The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year" I don't know why I haven't noticed this ever before, but listen to what he sings in this line:

[podcast]/music/christmassong.mp3[/podcast]

What's the deal here? Did you hear the same thing I did? There'll be scary ghost stories?
Who tells scary ghost stories at Christmas time? I don't...I tell the one about Jesus in the manger...the one about the angels and the shepherds, but I try to skip the scary ghost stories as we sit around the Christmas tree.
Sure...I occasionally tell them the story of Santa Claus (which is kind of scary...if you think about it...a fat bearded fellow landing on your roof and rummaging through your chimney is odd). But, I try to save the ghost stories for the kids that go to summer camp...

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Fletch
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Church Music

I'm not sure what is going on, but in the past few days, I have stumbled upon a treasure chest of recorded church music that almost seems like it was made for publication on theMangoTimes. (Special thanks to Tom in the Box and Kendra's mom!).

#1 - The Breakfast Song. The first of our duos. How do you expect to grow the church by telling people there is "No Mo Bacon!" In my house alone that is going to turn people away from the faith! After watching this video, I'm not hungry for breakfast. Actually, I'm just not hungry at all.



#2 - Go Tell It On The Mountain. The second entry in our category: Singers That Sound Worse Together. Pay attention to this video, and see if you can decipher the hidden theme: flowers. I'm thinking funeral flowers...as in, my ears just died. I think this is the version where they encouraged Henrietta and Merna to "not smile so much." My suggestion is this: Go "sing" this on a mountain...high on a mountain...far away from people.



#3 - Something something something something. So, when someone says to you, "Hey, we need to make a video recording of your choir try-out, but this will only be for in-house purposes...it won't even leave the music ministry department...blah blah blah..." First, DO NOT believe them. Second, never use your real name. This one is my personal favorite.



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Fletch
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