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Tuesday
Oct172006

Overheard at my house

In my daughter’s class, there’s a No Body Contact rule. Anytime someone is having a problem keeping their hands to themselves, the children invoke “NBC!”

E-Grrrl and Mr. A have been sent upstairs to brush their teeth before school. I hear some squealing and shuffling and then E-Grrrl’s voice hollering out, “NBC!!!!”

Mr. A hisses something under his breath.

What did he he say? I ask E-Grrrl.

He said “S.Y. P.” she replies.

“S.Y.P.?”

“That’s Shut Your Pie-hole,” Mr. A calls down.

***

We're at the dinner table at Bernie and Janet’s house after being served a Thanksgiving caliber feast, and the table is getting ready to be cleared.

“Did you have enough to eat?” someone chimes to Mr. A before taking his plate.

He pats his stomach happily and says,  “My dinner stomach is all full, but my dessert stomach is ready and open for business.”

Copyright 2006 Veronica McCabe Deschambault. All rights reserved. www.v-grrrl.com

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Reader Comments (3)

But we really know it's SYB... Shut Your Bagel-hole!
October 17, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterShirl Grrrl
Too funny!! Love the use of acronyms as family shorthands and "secrets." I can identify with the dinner stomach being full, but the dessert stomach being ready and open for business!
October 17, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterShirley
Mr. A is a regular comedian. Shut your pie hole is a phrase that I don't use nearly enough :o)
October 18, 2006 | Unregistered CommenterTB

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