Killing a Fly with a Ukulele: Appropriately Named

I am the Mum.
If life was a circus, I would be the plate-juggling lady with monkeys on her shoulders who stands on one leg on a horse's back as it canters around the ring.

I am the Writer.
I use too many commas, dashes and dot-dot-dots, and I often start sentences with conjunctions because I like my blog to look the way it sounds in my mind.

I am the Hero.
Life is a bit like a superhero action comic, except that the superheroes are tiny children dressed in super-suits who possess no actual powers, while I just get them food, break up fights and clean their super-suits.

19 May 2013

Appropriately Named

Jessie was sitting in the back seat on the way home from a birthday party, munching on the contents of her party bag. "Ooh! Look! I've got a baby!" she squealed.

I pretended I didn't know she meant a Jelly Baby. "Congratulations!" I said. "What did you name it?"

She thought for a moment, then mumbled with her mouth full, "Headless."

5 comments:

singlemumplusone said...: Ha ha ha that is awesome. Your daughter is so quick.; 20 May, 2013 00:21
Hippomanic Jen said...: Thanks for the giggle, this one tickled the funny bone.; 20 May, 2013 20:09
Tracy P. said...: Ha, I had to google that, but Jessie's quick wit was not lost on me. She has her mom's sense of humor! :-); 21 May, 2013 01:06
Unknown said...: Bloodthirsty little thing, isn't she! and funny!; 22 May, 2013 10:27
Allegro ma non troppo said...: Does she still cook her dolls? Causer I always enjoyed "What's for dinner?" being answered with "Caroline" or "Maisie".; 24 May, 2013 19:28

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I came up with the pseudonym Givinya de Elba in highschool and it was based on a joke from an episode of Dad's Army called 'A Soldier's Farewell.'

In the episode, after eating too much toasted cheese, Captain Mainwaring dreams he is Napoleon at the Battle of Waterloo. I don't remember much about the episode other than Mainwaring telling his loyal men (Jones, Pike and Godfrey) that he has been exiled to the island of Elba.

Jones quips, "Hence the expression - Givin' ya the Elber!" (giving you the elbow, i.e., pushing you around.) I thought that Givinya de Elba was a half-decent pseudonym for someone who likes to joke and push people around, and I stuck with that.

My sweet niece ...

19 May 2013

Appropriately Named

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