Spontaneous Generation - PROVEN

I had this friend, who bless her, wasn't that bright. She was AMAZINGLY pretty though and so life was kind to her in that way that it is to pretty people.

I've got a short collection of hilarious things she said over the years. One of my favorites, that I quote quite often to the confusion of others is "Oh you better clean up those newspapers, you'll get mice!"

Now, when it was first posed to me, I questioned her at length as to HOW I might get MICE in my CAR just because I had some newspapers on the floorboard of the back seat and her response was that "Everyone knows if you leave newspapers lying around, you get MICE."

I had thought that the theory of spontaneous generation had been tossed out some time ago.

But you know just when you know it all, you learn something new.

After all, just ten minutes ago, I learned that if you don't make your bed...

YOU GET MONSTERS.

Let that be a lesson to you all.

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Spontaneous Generation - PROVEN

I had this friend, who bless her, wasn't that bright. She was AMAZINGLY pretty though and so life was kind to her in that way that it is to pretty people.

I've got a short collection of hilarious things she said over the years. One of my favorites, that I quote quite often to the confusion of others is "Oh you better clean up those newspapers, you'll get mice!"

Now, when it was first posed to me, I questioned her at length as to HOW I might get MICE in my CAR just because I had some newspapers on the floorboard of the back seat and her response was that "Everyone knows if you leave newspapers lying around, you get MICE."

I had thought that the theory of spontaneous generation had been tossed out some time ago.

But you know just when you know it all, you learn something new.

After all, just ten minutes ago, I learned that if you don't make your bed...

YOU GET MONSTERS.

Let that be a lesson to you all.

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Silent but Deadly 101

The oldest boy came in to the kitchen last night and proclaimed "Mom! I learned how to keep my farts silent!"
There was a part of me that really just wanted to say "Oh that's nice" and move along but still - I was curious if the boy had truly discovered the Grail of Fart Etiquette.
After all - he's a boy - they embrace their farts whereas we females tend to not be so loving toward them.
He explained the process to me but I'm not convinced it's a secret so much as the boy got lucky and didn't crank off a flapper. He alleges that he just THINKS about it and that it's all about control.
I'm going to make him some chilli and see if his method still foolproof.

Silent but Deadly 101

The oldest boy came in to the kitchen last night and proclaimed "Mom! I learned how to keep my farts silent!"
There was a part of me that really just wanted to say "Oh that's nice" and move along but still - I was curious if the boy had truly discovered the Grail of Fart Etiquette.
After all - he's a boy - they embrace their farts whereas we females tend to not be so loving toward them.
He explained the process to me but I'm not convinced it's a secret so much as the boy got lucky and didn't crank off a flapper. He alleges that he just THINKS about it and that it's all about control.
I'm going to make him some chilli and see if his method still foolproof.