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Share a funny story from when you were a kid!
Work has been really slow this week and I'm bored. I need to be entertained 
For some reason, this popped into my head this morning. When I was in third grade, we had a discussion in class about the origins of names. The teacher must have had a name book or something. She told us all what our name means and it's origins. Well, my name is Lisa, and the book must have said that the name Lisa is derived from Elizabeth. I misunderstood. I thought that meant that Lisa was just a nickname and my actual name was Elizabeth. I went home and told my mom that my name wasn't really Lisa. Lisa isn't really a name. My name is Elizabeth. Teacher told me so. Mom was not amused. I'm sure I didn't explain what the teacher actually said, so she probably thought we were getting re-named at school or something. Oops!
Re: Share a funny story from when you were a kid!
That's a really cute story!
Mine is from when I was a toddler, probably four or so. My parents had just explained to me why baby brother had an extra part I didn't have. To put it in perspective for my little sponge of a brain, they told me that all boys have the same part, even my dad.
Around the same time, poor Mr. Shultz the financial planner made a house visit to discuss my parents' investments with them. I greeted him at the door by saying, "Hi Mr. Shultz. My baby brother has a penis, and since you're a boy, you must have one, too."
He took it in stride and told me I was correct, he did in fact have a penis.
this is more embarrasing than anything....
I grew up in NJ and we lived close to the high school. We would always play under the bleachers for some reason... we would find change and other knick-nacks. Well we would climb under the stairs to get underneath.... you could use the sides to get under but that was all the way on either end and we were not afraid to get dirty so we would just climb. Well the one day I went through the wrond step and got my head stuck! My brother had to run home, but for some reason he ran to my neighbors instead of my house and then my neighbors called the cops. They had to take apart the bleechers to get my head out... They ended up installing ramps after that. The whole neighborhood knew... I did not play there for awhile....
lol at the snake stories. I am terrified of snakes!
Anyway, my funny story. I was probably 4 and I LOVED the Price is Right. Loved it! (I even still enjoy it despite Drew Carry hosting it. He's no Bob Barker but...) So I used to set an extra plate at the dinner table for Bob Barker....you know, just in case he would stop by our house...in the middle of nowhere.
So this is probably why I had a TPIR themed bridal shower, complete with Plinko board.
OMG! All of these stories are awesome (thank you ladies for humoring me and making my day go a little faster) but this made me LOL. A lot. In my cubicle. My coworkers must think I'm nuts. I'm also a little jealous of your bridal shower! That sounds so awesome
Yeah, time is dragging for me too. Think I will leave early today. Anyway, here is my funny story:
Well, I suppose I was around 2 or 3 years old and was potty training. My mom would sit the potty right in the living room so that it would be convenient and prevent any accidents. Well, I guess we had a bunch of people over for a birthday celebration or something. I had to go potty and there I went right on the potty in the living room. To make things worse, it was # 2
Still not sure why my mom wouldn't have moved it to somewhere more private beforehand....
HAHA! When I was little my best friend and I used to stay up all night trying to turn her room into a "boys" room because we were CONVINCED that Jonathan Taylor Thomas was going to stop by and ask to spend the night and he would need a place to sleep and wouldn't want to sleep in a room with flowered bedspreads. HAHA!