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07 March 2007

Overhead in Berkeley Mom to 4 year old: "If you don't calm down, we're going to have to spend some time in the post office!"

post by: small_ruminant at: 12:29 | 9 comments

Mom's disgruntled? (seriously, I would love to hear the backstory for this one)

posted by jonmc 07 March | 12:37

The main branch? Guh! I hate it there! Did the kid calm down?

posted by wimpdork 07 March | 13:37

Have you ever noticed that all post offices smell exactly the same? There are no regional variations in post office odor. And they smell the same in California now as they did when I was a 4-year-old Texan. I guess it's the smell of paper, adhesives, and abject human suffering.

posted by mudpuppie 07 March | 14:01

1. There is a guy at my local post office (where I just was) with a moustache that easily extends six inches past his face and is waxed into spirals.

2. I used to threaten my kids with going shopping for ladies' dresses and trying on many, many things. It worked extremely well.

posted by mygothlaundry 07 March | 14:24

I don't bring my children to the post office enough. They don't know what kind of hell it is.

I used to threaten my kids with going shopping for ladies' dresses and trying on many, many things.

Good one MGL!

During a walk today, my almost 4-year-old pointed to some Spanish moss and said, "Mommy, look at the air roots." Ha! I thought that was good.

posted by LoriFLA 07 March | 15:22

My parents would threaten to take us to the fabric store when we were being rambunctious. Worked every time.

posted by me3dia 07 March | 15:55

Aw, I love that old post office! It's got the original gold leaf above the windows!

posted by fandango_matt 07 March | 22:01

Mommy, if you take me to the post office i'm gonna tell everybody that you shave your hoo-hoo.

posted by jason's_planet 07 March | 23:32

I used to threaten my kids with going shopping for ladies' dresses and trying on many, many things. It worked extremely well.

When my mum took my younger brother and I shopping and we got bored, we'd lurch behind her pretending to be lame and/or retarded. She'd hear whispers about "that poor woman" and turn around to look for the "poor woman" and we'd be back to our ..er.. normal selves. She eventually figured it out and, although pissed off, she laughed at our antics.

posted by deborah 08 March | 13:11

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