Apparently Having a Dog Is Not Enough
August 11, 2009
I’m cleaning like a mad woman, getting ready for a huge baby shower I’m throwing for my brother and his wife. Granny & Papa are coming Friday and even though she is really laid back, I like to make sure every house in the room looks decent because I am a freak. I won’t ever fit in with this crew, I know.
I crouched down to look under Thomas’ bed and grab the few stray socks, Lego, whatever, and turn my head to find this, tucked at the very back of the shelf that holds his television:
At first I thought, ‘oh that little rascal left a cup of OJ in his room and it’s been there long enough to separate.’
Then I picked it up.
That’s not OJ. “Thomas! What is this?”
“That’s my pet goldfishes, Mom. Aren’t they cute?”
I’m not sure that what Pepperidge Farm had in mind.
August 11th, 2009 at 2:45 pm
Wow. That’s some imagination there!
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August 11th, 2009 at 4:23 pm
OMG for a minute I thought those were real decaying dead fish, lol. So glad I figured it out they were only crackers, lol
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August 11th, 2009 at 6:00 pm
He was being creative, I suppose. Too funny.
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August 11th, 2009 at 6:05 pm
Why yes, they are. I mean, at least the idea of him thinking his crackers could be pets is cute. How did he react when he realized he couldn’t keep them?
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August 11th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
You like to make sure every house in the room is clean? Sorry. That just cracked me up.
And, yeah. I thought those were worms.
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August 11th, 2009 at 7:26 pm
OMG, I totally thought they were decaying fish too! What an imagination he has one him! Too cute! Did you through his “fish” away?
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August 12th, 2009 at 3:35 am
Ew! I wonder if separated orange juice might have been a little less ick!
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August 12th, 2009 at 3:47 am
Brilliant. Plus, they already have their own food.
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August 12th, 2009 at 6:00 am
Oh my GOD, at first I was horrified because I thought they were real fish. Yes, I am slow today.
How totally freaking cute and funny!
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August 12th, 2009 at 6:15 am
I should not read this first thing in the morning! I was horrified.. until I saw pepperidge farm and my brain caught up with what my eyes were seeing
awesome!
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August 12th, 2009 at 6:20 am
oh my god. I am dying. DYING!!!
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August 12th, 2009 at 8:44 pm
I too thought they were decaying dead goldfish lmao. It also took me a while to figure out the truth.
That is hilarious though lol. “Aren’t they cute?”
He’s taken such good care of them
can’t wait to see you guys this Sunday!
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August 14th, 2009 at 3:08 am
It’s like you live with Chandler’s crazy roommate Eddie, only smaller.
(Please say you watched Friends.)
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August 14th, 2009 at 9:29 pm
My Vermont friends’ kids do this too, and they have 14 bazillion pets and outdoor creatures.
Hi, Thomas!
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August 15th, 2009 at 5:56 am
That’s so funny…my 4 year old have a “pet goldfish”,too! He found a popped orange balloon that he discovered (how? who knows…) that when he put it in water, looked like a fish. His little fishie’s bowl is a little easier to keep clean than the Pepperidge Farm kind
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August 15th, 2009 at 11:50 am
Are there videos of the convulsions you went into upon finding this in your very clean house? LOL
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August 17th, 2009 at 1:28 pm
Wow! I thought it was something dead! Glad to find out it was only old food.
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August 17th, 2009 at 4:44 pm
I no longer go in my children’s rooms. Because.
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August 17th, 2009 at 5:57 pm
Grooooooooooooos.
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September 4th, 2009 at 11:38 pm
Seriously…what is that?
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September 7th, 2009 at 8:53 pm
I know I’m a little late to the party, but am I the only one who immediately went to body parts? I was totally convinced it was fingers or something and he dug them up in the back yard and didn’t know they were fingers and you were going to go into how cleaning your house led to the police turning your back yard into a crime scene investigation. Man. I gotta stop watching TV.
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