Mirthful

A woman is driving alone across country when she sees a Navajo woman standing by the side of the road.  Since she is lonely for some company, she stops and asks the Navajo woman if she would like a ride.  The Navajo woman gets in the car without a word.  After a few minutes the driver notices that the Navajo woman has been observing everything in the car, still without speaking a word.

Finally the Navajo woman speaks.  She says “what’s in paper bag?”  The woman, looking down at a brown paper bag on the console next to her responds, “It’s a really good bottle of wine and I got for my husband.”

The Navajo woman thinks for a moment and responds….”Good trade.”

Well, maybe not. But the best thing I’ve seen for a while, and guaranteed to cheer you up.

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I’m not a big fan of rules in general, but these are my kind of rules “Let’s get some things straight before I get old and uncool”: 1001 rules for my unborn son.

I guess I should have started earlier if I wanted to write something similar for the lass (I’m old and uncool already, I suspect), though I will try to instill some of these, as most are applicable to girls as well – even the one about committing to the tie (should she chose to wear one).

I especially like 43, 132, 167, 168, 220, 224, 245, 257,

And this quote: “The hardest job kids face today is learning good manners without seeing any” (Fred Astaire). We were talking about this just the other day, because one of the words the lass pronounces most clearly is “Thanks” (that is: “takk” in Norwegian). Even though she uses t for k in most words, in this case it is a very clear and strong k. And she started saying it without being prompted, it seems to just come naturally when she is given something, like a glass of milk. Which is not so surprising, as the husband and I say it ourselves all the time. Children learn by example. Or, as the saying has it: Monkey see, monkey do.

And a lot of people should pay mind to this one, especially when posting pictures of others (including their own kids): 239. Never post a picture online you wouldn’t feel comfortable showing your mother, your boss, and the dean of admissions.

Well, something like it, probably. But perhaps not to the office…

Dana of Old Red Barn is raffling out an absolutely gorgeus quilt. Go look (but don’t enter, because I WANT IT, ok?).

And she links to: Test and build your vocabulary and cause rice to be donated at the same time. Does it get better? (Well, yes, if they just gave the rice away anyway or even if there was no need for rice donations in the first place because everyone got enough to eat, I suppose things would be even better. Still: Vocabulary game, you know?)

Aaaaaaw.

These beads make me really happy. I might need to buy some, even though I never wear jewelry. I could just hang them somewhere to look at.

Found Magazine. Where has this been all my life? I love it, love it, love it!