tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post8050761979222337332..comments2023-10-16T09:53:35.303-04:00Comments on Lets have a cocktail...: RIP Slinky DogJennyMachttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comBlogger25125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-7999104872839789752011-09-30T12:31:34.546-04:002011-09-30T12:31:34.546-04:00Absence: AMEN!
@Mommy Lisa: There is always one ...Absence: AMEN! <br /><br />@Mommy Lisa: There is always one deviant! haha. <br /><br />@Hookin it: I have no poker face either so that is going to be one "opportunity" I have to work on. Forever.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-38033721210996869852011-09-30T12:29:28.034-04:002011-09-30T12:29:28.034-04:00@Maria: I know..the BratBrats abound. I have this ...@Maria: I know..the BratBrats abound. I have this one to deal with in my purgatory of room mom this year. LOL<br /><br />@Slams: oh you know it doesnt take much for the Grandmas to come to the rescue.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-48556645061962990072011-09-30T12:27:13.878-04:002011-09-30T12:27:13.878-04:00@Jenn: haha...poor plastic toy! And yes, they cert...@Jenn: haha...poor plastic toy! And yes, they certainly arent free anymore. lol. <br /><br />@Denae: Always great to "see" you and hear your insights.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-27232916343763297412011-09-23T10:00:20.659-04:002011-09-23T10:00:20.659-04:00Janis...you are so right..however BratBrat is like...Janis...you are so right..however BratBrat is like a tiny demolition ball. And constantly in trouble at school. BUT, oh look, we have another Slinky already. Lets hope he lasts. haha.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-86211677926055396102011-09-23T09:59:11.859-04:002011-09-23T09:59:11.859-04:00Walking Man: I love this...and it reminded me that...Walking Man: I love this...and it reminded me that it was toooooo late to get these fantastic instructions. Oh, and I lack the "patient moments" part. Clearly.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-51022854457327283282011-09-23T09:58:20.431-04:002011-09-23T09:58:20.431-04:00Ipenka...I will vouch that we are so far from the ...Ipenka...I will vouch that we are so far from the bribing type. We are hard arses...lol.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-20470401316742418032011-09-23T09:57:51.817-04:002011-09-23T09:57:51.817-04:00Tina and Brian: of course every class has a BratBr...Tina and Brian: of course every class has a BratBrat, and like I told Eva, those BratBrats are actually everywhere and certainly not limited to toddler age.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-21120562626072759072011-09-23T09:56:58.101-04:002011-09-23T09:56:58.101-04:00haha Ed. I rewired a dryer once! But yes, Slinky d...haha Ed. I rewired a dryer once! But yes, Slinky did me on. Damn toy.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-29192955326410771732011-09-23T09:56:34.183-04:002011-09-23T09:56:34.183-04:00Eva: I think every kindergarten does have a BratBr...Eva: I think every kindergarten does have a BratBrat. Every kindergarten, elementary school, jr. high, high school, college, job, neighborhood...haha.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-84099522507116853632011-09-23T09:55:45.646-04:002011-09-23T09:55:45.646-04:00Pricilla: His Mom is pretty intense but the Dad is...Pricilla: His Mom is pretty intense but the Dad is one of the nicest guys in the world. Somewhere in the middle, is BratBrat. haha.JennyMachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14594526663480442855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-30133152609255647742011-09-21T15:12:39.911-04:002011-09-21T15:12:39.911-04:00Unfortunately, or fortunately, however you want to...Unfortunately, or fortunately, however you want to look at it, MiniMac learned a very valuable lesson about BratBrat and others like him. It's a lesson I'll bet he won't forget about. <br /><br />You did the best you could as a mother. I bet it's very hard to hold your tongue when BratBrat is around doing his brattiness deeds. I have a hard time holding my tongue but you can sure see the look on my face of how I feel! :o)Chain Stitch Crochethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07865611172125103299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-59305532259111679632011-09-21T10:04:42.562-04:002011-09-21T10:04:42.562-04:00at my nephew's birthday parties when he was yo...at my nephew's birthday parties when he was younger it was INEVITABLE that whatever toy he was allowed to open up and play with during the party would be broken by one particular cousin. NOT my side of the family. ;)MommyLisahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08288191448338432734noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-91272288050988943772011-09-21T03:07:05.872-04:002011-09-21T03:07:05.872-04:00Ugh. I am so sorry. i saw slinky in the title and ...Ugh. I am so sorry. i saw slinky in the title and I knew something bad happened! you know i have a theory that M. C. Escher invented slinky.The Absence of Alternativeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05395320989489560756noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-17340720881536165282011-09-20T22:34:41.030-04:002011-09-20T22:34:41.030-04:00Sorry to hear about your loss and your unsuccessfu...Sorry to hear about your loss and your unsuccessful attempts at saving him. The Mrs. would never have allowed me to touch a kid's fav toy--it would have caught fire in my hands.<br /><br />Nice save by Grandma V.Slamdunkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13087161268629251860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-85926847293562812332011-09-20T20:54:24.595-04:002011-09-20T20:54:24.595-04:00Slinky's suck. Broken slinky's royally st...Slinky's suck. Broken slinky's royally stink.<br /><br />BratBrat had clones in EVERY primary classroom on God's green Earth. I know. I have had several variations within a classroom on any given year.<br /><br />Of course, you would be the one to inflict the final blow to poor Slinky's life. No good deed goes unpunished. I should know.<br /><br />Room mother is a holding pattern for people in purgatory. Good luck to you. I know. I have been the Parent Teacher Organization President for the Preschool my kids have been in (and my youngest is graduating from this year) for the last 6 years. Purgatory lasts forever...Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01869747946511793954noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-56101344340109825542011-09-20T14:11:24.962-04:002011-09-20T14:11:24.962-04:00@Walking Man: Where were you the 24 years I was r...@Walking Man: Where were you the 24 years I was raising my kids and attempting to re-wind the roughly seven thousand slinkies that passed through our house on their way to the landfill?<br /><br />@Priscilla: Until ten years ago I would have given two thumbs up to your comment. But I have a wonderful friend - smart, committed to her kids, married to the same kind of guy - who has five children. Four of them are great. And one is BratBrat. No rhyme or reason. No way to look at the parents and say, "Well, THERE'S the problem." Just a kid who arrived on the planet wired for complete brattiness.<br /><br />We should pray for those parents. They're in for a lonnnng ride.<br /><br />@JMac & pal: I'm with you on this one. Don't take anything to school that you don't want reduced to rubble by lunchtime.<br /><br />And @Jenny: I've been absurdly busy, but it's so fun to be back here, catching up on your doings!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07532225334730948057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-71034714306270629462011-09-20T12:56:50.289-04:002011-09-20T12:56:50.289-04:00Murderer.
;) Been there, done that, got the appr...Murderer. <br /><br />;) Been there, done that, got the appropriate sentence (which involved shopping and dropping more than the murdered toy cost in the first place).Jenn @ Youknow...that Blog?http://youknowthatblog.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-70193849050690042222011-09-20T12:23:46.903-04:002011-09-20T12:23:46.903-04:00Hilarious! And in BratBrat's defense, they ca...Hilarious! And in BratBrat's defense, they can get the kink anywhere so easily. As a Mom/ Preschool Teacher/ Babysitter/ Day Care Provider... I have seen too often Slinky's be put down rather quickly.<br />My advice tell MM its going to the Toy Hospital & replace it with another as quickly as possible :)janishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18424946398926069813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-2365521824576177272011-09-20T12:14:48.777-04:002011-09-20T12:14:48.777-04:00The thing I learned when foirst starting out as a ...The thing I learned when foirst starting out as a mechanic was in order to do the job I had to research the manual. I mean JennyM (How are you by the way) really would you go to court without having researched precedent?<br /><br />Notice first the difficulty level<br /><br />"Moderately Easy"<br /><br />then<br /><br /><b>Anyone with a small child has experienced the frustration of a twisted slinky. Frustration, however, often leads to a stretched out, unusable toy. Fixing a twisted slinky doesn't need to be frustrating, though, because it is actually very easy to do. It just takes a few patient moments to untwist a slinky, which is better than having to explain to a crying child why his toy is destroyed.</b><br /><br />Difficulty:<br /> Moderately Easy<br /><br />Instructions<br /><br />1 Place your four left-hand fingers inside one end of the slinky and place your left thumb on the top, outside of the coils.<br /> <br />2 Stretch the slinky out slightly until you see the backwards coil. It is usually easy to detect since one coil will be sticking out a little further than the rest of them. When you stretch the slinky out, the backwards coil will look like an upside-down "U."<br /> <br />3 Grab all coils up to the backwards coil in your left hand and hold firmly.<br /> <br />4 Hold the slinky from the other end with your right thumb on the top, inside of the coils.<br /> <br />5 Turn your wrists in opposite directions until your left thumb is on the bottom, outside of the coils.<br /> <br />6 Include the newly twisted coil with the other coils in your left hand by grabbing it with your left thumb and fingers and removing your right hand.<br /> <br />7 Continue twisting the coils this way until you have reached the right end of the slinky and all coils are twisting in the same direction<br /><br /><br />I would have sworn you wrote the first line to the introductionthe walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-55315238628092095952011-09-20T12:13:51.909-04:002011-09-20T12:13:51.909-04:00I'll pretend "soothing voice and logic&qu...I'll pretend "soothing voice and logic" didn't include bribes with candy/new toys, pleading, and unlimited t.v. for a week. <br /><br />Great story!ipenkahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16836090393033706793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-90520050860003603102011-09-20T12:00:15.695-04:002011-09-20T12:00:15.695-04:00iamsorry you hurt slinky...ugh on bratbrat...yep w...iamsorry you hurt slinky...ugh on bratbrat...yep we got one too...Brian Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00722940075884718007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-4463439757380655242011-09-20T10:09:20.852-04:002011-09-20T10:09:20.852-04:00Holy crap! BratBrat in my son's pre-K class is...Holy crap! BratBrat in my son's pre-K class is making me nuts. It's like every class has to have one. <br />Poor slinky dog...he never stood a chance.<br />Best,<br />TinaSmartBearhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02187513727826950625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-46634297834655775352011-09-20T10:06:49.575-04:002011-09-20T10:06:49.575-04:00I know some people.
For the right price, BratBrat...I know some people.<br /><br />For the right price, BratBrat can go the way of Slinkydog.<br /><br />Just sayin'<br /><br /><br />I think you handled it the best you could.<br />You know, being a girl and not a good thing-fixer and all.Edhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11425014053974689270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-39815406614843111782011-09-20T09:56:52.381-04:002011-09-20T09:56:52.381-04:00Great story. And every kindergarten has a BratBra...Great story. And every kindergarten has a BratBrat, I'm sure!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03803472040500529682noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-269990339302416599.post-91881254553731195402011-09-20T09:54:02.434-04:002011-09-20T09:54:02.434-04:00I fell sorry for that child because obviously his ...I fell sorry for that child because obviously his parents are not caring for him. Or they are the worst people in the world.<br /><br />I sincerely hope that he is not in class next yearbrokenteepeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06907414560986208401noreply@blogger.com