Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 04:12 pm

... do I always have to answer the question "Can I have shaved ice?" THREE times?  Even if I say "Yes, everyone may have shaved ice"?

Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 08:17 pm (UTC)
*raises hand*

Ooooh! Ooooh! I know! I know!

;)
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 12:35 am (UTC)
Let me guess: In keeping with the evident trend (not thrend), you want shaved ice too. :)





(Me, I just don't grok shaved ice. What's the point?)
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 12:51 am (UTC)
It's cold, sweet, and nummy.
And unlike ice-cream, doesn't make you feel full afterwards.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 01:45 am (UTC)
So is a glass of orange juice, but without the artificial coloring and flavoring.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 09:12 pm (UTC)
Time to teach by privation. "Not if you ask again."

Or is it that each sprog asks in turn?

-Ogre
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 10:25 pm (UTC)
Because you have taught them to have good manners and to ask for things like young ladies should.
You'll just have to deal with the fact that your daughters are polite.
It could be worse.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 11:51 pm (UTC)
Because it needs to be repeated three times or it doesn't work.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 11:59 pm (UTC)
Is that something like "Hastert! Hastert! Hastert!"? :)
Monday, July 3rd, 2006 10:06 pm (UTC)
Don't you mean "Hastur! Hastur! HasNO CARRIER
Monday, July 3rd, 2006 10:44 pm (UTC)
Dennis Hastert is almost as bad. ;)
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 09:16 pm (UTC)
my parents used to say it slightly differently...

"Yes, you may ALL have shaved ice" or "You may BOTH have shaved ice" (we were 2, not 3)

Also, they would ask us to repeat what they had just said if the other one asked. Not being able to do so might be proof that we mustn't really have wanted the shaved ice/ice cream/pony ride/etc.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 09:30 pm (UTC)
I've tried multiple variations. It seems come what may, they all have to ask, or it doesn't count.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 09:48 pm (UTC)
They don't trust each other or you or me.
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 10:49 pm (UTC)
Ooooh! Ooooh! May I have shaved ice too?!?!

;-)
Tuesday, June 27th, 2006 11:11 pm (UTC)
Sure, but we accept pick-up orders only, no delivery. :)
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 12:49 am (UTC)
Damn. Well, I guess it's a little late to ride over. I mean, I wouldn't want to interuppt your friday breakfast...
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 02:13 am (UTC)
Eh, I usually don't eat breakfast anyway....
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 12:08 am (UTC)
Yes! He said everyone! I demand shaved ice as well!

-Ogre
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 12:11 am (UTC)
I don't recall the ages of your brood, but if they are between 5 and 10, this is to be expected -- they wish to be addressed as individuals.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 12:33 am (UTC)
Almost-4, almost-6, and just turned 11.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 12:37 am (UTC)
Try to empathize with how you saw the world and felt at that age. You are not just "every" one, you were you!
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 01:42 am (UTC)
I don't remember a single thing about being 4 or 6 that I haven't been shown a photo of or told by my parents. I barely remember being 11, and the thing that sticks most in my mind is my parents asking my opinion of which of the four possible secondary schools for me I wanted to go to, then picking the one that I hated every second of.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 01:47 am (UTC)
I have an uninterrupted internal dialog from about age 5 onwards. Around that age -- grade school years -- I was defined by much intellectual excitement and the need to share it with everyone. I resented being lumped together with other kids.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 12:23 am (UTC)
Sure. When can we expect you? It'll be the first thing placed in your hand after you step through the door. :)
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 01:21 pm (UTC)
We've got strawberry daiquiri, summer peach, and some sort of cherry syrups.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 01:05 am (UTC)
But who will stand up for the hairy ice?
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 01:43 am (UTC)
If I get hairy ice out of my freezer, it's going straight down the drain. Or maybe into the microwave first. Can't be too careful, you know. First it's hair, then it's eyeballs, and next thing you know there's huge gnashing fangs on your ice.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 06:05 am (UTC)
Or it's auditioning for a variety show, and that's just as bad.
Wednesday, June 28th, 2006 06:26 am (UTC)
What I'm really curious about is, how many times do you have to answer the question if the short answer is, "No, none of you may have shaved ice"

"Please? Please? Please? Please? Please? I said PLEASE?"