Why...

[unixronin]

... 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"?

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[motomuffin.livejournal.com]

*raises hand*

Ooooh! Ooooh! I know! I know!

;)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

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?)

[blackcoat.livejournal.com]

It's cold, sweet, and nummy.
And unlike ice-cream, doesn't make you feel full afterwards.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

So is a glass of orange juice, but without the artificial coloring and flavoring.

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Time to teach by privation. "Not if you ask again."

Or is it that each sprog asks in turn?

-Ogre

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

The latter.

[fatcook.livejournal.com]

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.

shaved ice! Shaved ice! Shaved ice!

[bfudlmint.livejournal.com]

Because it needs to be repeated three times or it doesn't work.

Re: shaved ice! Shaved ice! Shaved ice!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Is that something like "Hastert! Hastert! Hastert!"? :)

Re: shaved ice! Shaved ice! Shaved ice!

[micheinnz.livejournal.com]

Don't you mean "Hastur! Hastur! HasNO CARRIER

Re: shaved ice! Shaved ice! Shaved ice!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Dennis Hastert is almost as bad. ;)

[ariyanakylstram.livejournal.com]

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.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

I've tried multiple variations. It seems come what may, they all have to ask, or it doesn't count.

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

They don't trust each other or you or me.

[blackcoat.livejournal.com]

Ooooh! Ooooh! May I have shaved ice too?!?!

;-)

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Sure, but we accept pick-up orders only, no delivery. :)

[blackcoat.livejournal.com]

Damn. Well, I guess it's a little late to ride over. I mean, I wouldn't want to interuppt your friday breakfast...

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Eh, I usually don't eat breakfast anyway....

[ilcylic.livejournal.com]

Yes! He said everyone! I demand shaved ice as well!

-Ogre

[smandal.livejournal.com]

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.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Almost-4, almost-6, and just turned 11.

[smandal.livejournal.com]

Try to empathize with how you saw the world and felt at that age. You are not just "every" one, you were you!

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

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.

[smandal.livejournal.com]

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.

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

Sure. When can we expect you? It'll be the first thing placed in your hand after you step through the door. :)

[cymrullewes.livejournal.com]

We've got strawberry daiquiri, summer peach, and some sort of cherry syrups.

[greyman.livejournal.com]

But who will stand up for the hairy ice?

[unixronin.livejournal.com]

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.

[tabbifli.livejournal.com]

Or it's auditioning for a variety show, and that's just as bad.

because ...

[felinecanine.livejournal.com]

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?"