Saturday, November 24, 2007

Funny, but True (especially the last one)!!!

How To Know Whether Or Not You Are Ready To Have Kids
- Mess Test
Smear peanut butter on the sofa and curtains. Place a fish stick behind the couch and leave it there all summer.
- Toy Test
Obtain a 55 gallon box of Legos (you may substitute roofing tacks if you wish). Have a friend spread them all over the house. Put on a blindfold and take off shoes. Try to walk to the bathroom or kitchen. Do not scream because this would wake a child at night.
- Grocery Store Test
Borrow one or two small animals (goats are best) and take them with you as you shop. Always keep them in sight and pay for anything they eat or damage.
- Dressing Test
Obtain one large, unhappy, live octopus. Stuff into a small net bag making sure that all the arms stay inside.
- Feeding Test
Obtain a large plastic milk jug. Fill halfway with water. Suspend from the ceiling with a cord. Start the jug swinging. Try to insert spoonfuls of soggy cereal into the mouth of the jug, while pretending to be an airplane. Now dump the contents of the jug on the floor.
- Night Test
Prepare by obtaining a small cloth bag and fill it with 8-12 pounds of sand. Soak it thoroughly in water. At 3:00pm, begin to waltz and hum with the bag until 9:00pm. Lay down your bag and set your alarm for 10:00pm. Get up, pick up your bag, and sing every song you have ever heard. Make up about a dozen more and sing these too until 4:00am. Set alarm for 5:00am. Get up and make breakfast. Keep this up for 5 years. Look cheerful.
- Ingenuity Test
Take an egg carton. Using a pair of scissors and pot of paint, turn it into an alligator. Now take a toilet paper tube and turn it into an attractive Christmas candle. Use only scotch tape and a piece of foil. Last, take a milk carton, a ping-pong ball, and an empty box of Cocoa Puffs. Make an exact replica of the Eiffel Tower.
- Automobile Test
Forget the BMW and buy a station wagon. Buy a chocolate ice cream cone and put it in the glove compartment. Leave it there. Get a dime. Stick it into the CD player. Take a family-size package of chocolate chip cookies. Mash them into the back seat. Run a rake along both side of the car. There, perfect!
- Physical Test (Women)
Obtain a large bean bag chair and attach it to the front of your clothes. Leave it there for 9 months. Then remove the beans. And try not to notice your closet full of clothes. You won’t be wearing them for a while.
- Physical Test (Men)
Go to the nearest drug store. Set your wallet on the counter. Ask the clerk to help himself. Now proceed to the nearest food store. Go to the head office and arrange for your paycheck to be directly deposited to the store. Purchase a newspaper. Go home and read it quietly for the last time.
- Final Assignment
Find a couple who already has a small child. Lecture them on how they can improve their discipline, patience, tolerance, and toilet training and child’s table manners. Suggest many ways they can improve. Emphasize to them that they should never allow their children to run wild. Enjoy this experience. It will be the last time you will have all the answers.

13 comments:

Lisa~~ said...

Crying with laughter here, but silently so not to wake the wee sleeping monster.

laurel said...

That is funny! SO true....

Carla said...

My favorite is the car... I have lots of spilled milk on my back seat, door & all over the back of my seat because Livi loves to shake her bottle & spray it all over! Fun!

Carlotta said...

That was hilarious!!! The last one is SOOOO true!!

Lisa and Tate said...

Too funny!

Liz and Ava said...

Sooo True and Funny! Got this as an email last week.

Anonymous said...

This is so funny...and so true! Maybe I will laugh about it when Em is 21. Glad Eliza is feeling better. We miss you!

Catherine said...

What fun! Guess I have a lot to learn. :o)

Jamie and Family said...

HILARIOUS!!! And T-R-U-E!!!

Jamie and Family said...

I am still laughing, so funny :-)

Anonymous said...

Ha! good ones! the last one, however, reapplies when you become a grandparent (based on the lectures i am now hearing from my folks!) - jntskid

Vicki said...

I swear I can relate to every single one! I've had 5 years of major sleep deprivation...and that's not including college! Amazing that I can still function. Those were so funny!

junglemama said...

THis is awesome! Can I borrow it?