Re: OT-Mother and daughter shopping

Aug 19, 2003 7 Replies

Wonderful!


-- Royce A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.


Mother and daughter shopping
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> A man observed a woman in the grocery store with a three-year-old girl
> in her basket. As they passed the cookie section, the child asked for
> cookies and her mother told her "no." The little girl immediately
> began to whine and fuss, and the mother said quietly, "Now Ellen, we
> just have half of the aisles left to go through; don't be upset. It > won't be long."
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> He passed the mother again in the candy aisle. Of course, the little
> girl began to shout for candy. When she was told she couldn't have
> any, she began to cry. The mother said, "There, there, Ellen, don't
> cry. Only two more aisles to go, and then we'll be checking out." >
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> The man again happened to be behind the pair at the check-out, where
> the little girl immediately began to clamor for gum and burst into a
> terrible tantrum upon discovering there would be no gum purchased
> today. The mother patiently said, "Ellen, we'll be through this check
> out stand in five minutes, and then you can go home and have a nice > nap."
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> The man followed them out to the parking lot and stopped the woman to
> compliment her. "I couldn't help noticing how patient you were with > little Ellen..."
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> The mother broke in, "My little girl's name is Tammy. I'm Ellen." >
> from Chris in Michigan
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I know how she felt! James rarely pulled a boiled goblin episode in the shops, but when he did you could hear him all over the place!

LOL! This brings back memories.... ;)

Not original - I found it in a book, and it was so apt we adopted it. Most of the time James was a complete cherub, but when he wasn't he was a boiled goblin!

Not mine originally, but it does refer to those episodes where the cherubic one turns deep scarlet with rage and goes off like a steam whistle! Feel free!

I'll certainly start using it! Thanks!

-- Royce A day hemmed in prayer is less likely to unravel.

roflmao oh boy aint that the truth!! i'm thinking nap time here now :D jeanne*

My sweet daughter was a boiled goblin also. It became so bad that I stopped taking her shopping at a young age and didn't start again until she was in high school. (DD didn't realize that you could try clothes on in a shop - shoes stores were the only store she entered.) She is now in her thirties and we enjoy shopping together now, but since she lives in another state it doesn't happen often.

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