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Quickies, Having Fun Thursday
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Darwin Would be Proud
Thursday, November 8, 2007
On a recent car ride…
Marcus: Dad?
Me: Yeah?
Marcus: Why are you socdej?
Me: Huh? What’s sock dedge?
Marcus: Why are you sojek?
Me: Come again? So jacked?
Marcus: Why. Are. You. SHOJEF!
Me: What??
Wife: He’s asking, WHY ARE YOU SO DEAF?
… because, dear family, the human body has the ability to adapt to its surroundings to survive in its environment.
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Reader Comments (18)
Ha!Ha! I find your posts very amusing. Perhaps we do choose what we want to hear. Anyway, with my toddler now, I keep having to ask him to repeat himself because a lot of times, I just can't understand what he is babbling about. And after a few times, he gets mad that he is not being understood and starts to bawl. At least I think your son is past that stage!
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[BusyDad] Oh I encounter that too. Often! He gets so mad.
I can't hear a thing my son says in the car, but that's mostly because he practically whispers. Everywhere else he's loud. But in the car he turns the volume down to 1.
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[BusyDad] My problem is strange. I pass every hearing test with flying colors. However I cannot filter out background noise, so if there's more than one thing going (e.g. my son's voice and a mosquito buzzing), I end up not being able to separate one from the other. So, for all practical purposes, outside of a lab environment, I am pretty deaf.
Too funny! I am constantly translating for my son.
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[BusyDad] ... and my wife is always amplifying for mine. My hearing really has gone south. I blame my iPod!
Okay, this was just hilarious. The perfect thing to read as I am trying to wake up this morning.
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[BusyDad] The hardest part of my day. I'm trying to deal with it as I type this...glad I could make it a tad easier this morning!
Sounds about right. In my house, it is classified as the male-dominated household ailment (MDHA) known as Selective Hearing:
http://3boysundermyroof.blogspot.com/2007/09/selective-hearing.html
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[BusyDad] Great post! Just read it and left you a good work-around for that. Thanks for visiting.
Cool new theme on your website. Remind me of Popeye.
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[BusyDad] Thanks! I yam what I yam... Never made the Popeye connection. The first rendition did kinda look like Squidward though, so I asked my friend to shrink the nose a bit. You'll be seeing a lot more of his work soon. We're collaborating on a comic strip. Stay tuned...
So tongue-in-cheeky is my BD! ;)
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[BusyDad] If you ain't laughin', you ain't livin'!
I catch everything my son says. It's my husband I can't seem to hear.
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[BusyDad] Sometimes I "can't hear" my wife either. Oh! just blew my cover!
hehehe, that is great! :)
Cindy
www.adayinthelifeofcindy.blogspot.com
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[BusyDad] Thanks! and thanks for visiting too.
I purchased a universal translator, unfortunately it only translates what my wife is trying to say instead of my son....
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[BusyDad] Hmmm. I can see where that would come in extremely handy. More so than the son edition even.
Hilarious post! Just had to get my husband to read it. He's in total agreement!
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[BusyDad] Survival of the deafest :)
i'm cracking up! that's what i do, all the time! my kids constantly tell me that i need a hearing aid.
so funny!
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[BusyDad] It's not even "selective" for me anymore. I've had clients make fun of my deafness. I'm known as the "huh?" guy.
:-)
On a ride with my 3 year old son, passing near a fountain with fish in it...
My son: "Dad, do you know why the fish doesn't talk?"
Me: "Why?"
My son: 'Cause it's busy."
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[BusyDad] Haha! They learn quick don't they?
Hahahahaha....Just popped in from the D is for Dad page. This really gave me a chuckle. Sounds like my hubby who just answers "uh-huh" to everything I say whether he hears it or not. LOL!!!!
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[BusyDad] Thanks for visiting! yup... and this is what happens if we catch something that might be important amidst the jabber: "uh huh... wait -- what?"
HA!! Your posts make me really make me chuckle. I love the "so jacked"!!
Ha! Very cute...
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[BusyDad] Yeah, I started lifting weights again, so I figured (hoped?) he was paying his old man a compliment...
Too damned funny. Its so fun to watch my significant other try to communicate with the toddler. I usually let it go back and forth for a while, for personal entertainment. Usually I end up translating.
He still wonders how the crap I seem to know almost everytime exactly what she is saying.
much respect~D
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[BusyDad] And thus my theory of the dad's role evolving toward comic relief within the modern household is validated more and more each day...
That is so thoroughly funny!!! :D
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[BusyDad] Thanks! My little guy is a source of constant entertainment. Thanks also for visiting.
Muahahaha... That's exactly what's happening over here. Half of the time, my husband's struggling to understand my toddler and would seek help from me.
However, like GulfCoastMummy, for entertainment purposes, I would let both of them have their time first before I chip in.
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[BusyDad] You kill us... all of you!!