Comments on: What Are The Odds? http://antiquemommy.com/2008/11/25/what-are-the-odds/ Fri, 18 May 2012 17:10:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: LORI http://antiquemommy.com/2008/11/25/what-are-the-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-44906 LORI Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:42:01 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=3114#comment-44906 I LOVE YOUR STATISTICS! DID YOU KNOW THAT 67% OF ALL STATISTICS ARE MADE UP ON THE SPOT?! I LOVE YOUR STATISTICS! DID YOU KNOW THAT 67% OF ALL STATISTICS ARE MADE UP ON THE SPOT?!

]]> By: Dianne http://antiquemommy.com/2008/11/25/what-are-the-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-44837 Dianne Fri, 12 Dec 2008 00:10:24 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=3114#comment-44837 If you have tile floor in the kitchen, pergo in the living & dining room (read: hard surfaces, easier to clean), and the cat needs to ralph up food eaten too quickly, there is a 99.7% chance that said cat will RUN to the nearest area rug to deposit the undigested food. Right before you read about this scientific research over here. :D If you have tile floor in the kitchen, pergo in the living & dining room (read: hard surfaces, easier to clean), and the cat needs to ralph up food eaten too quickly, there is a 99.7% chance that said cat will RUN to the nearest area rug to deposit the undigested food. Right before you read about this scientific research over here. :D

]]> By: Lynn http://antiquemommy.com/2008/11/25/what-are-the-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-44521 Lynn Wed, 10 Dec 2008 13:32:48 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=3114#comment-44521 Did you want to hear a big amen? AMEN! I believe I have lived several of these. Did you want to hear a big amen? AMEN! I believe I have lived several of these.

]]> By: Shannon http://antiquemommy.com/2008/11/25/what-are-the-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-44483 Shannon Wed, 10 Dec 2008 02:50:55 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=3114#comment-44483 In my house the chances of a child peeing the bed increase to 100% the night after the sheets are washed. As I spent 10 minutes fishing my neighbor's keys from the floorboard of my car yesterday, ending up climbing into the back - over my 2 year old daughter in her car seat and hitting her in the head with my rear end - only to get my hand stuck in the seat track and have her ask me 50 times "What you DOIN, Mommy?" as I tried to extricate my fingers... I really appreciate this post :) * * * * <em> Oh the imagery! Made me laugh. Motherhood is an exercise in humility! ~ AM</em> In my house the chances of a child peeing the bed increase to 100% the night after the sheets are washed.

As I spent 10 minutes fishing my neighbor’s keys from the floorboard of my car yesterday, ending up climbing into the back – over my 2 year old daughter in her car seat and hitting her in the head with my rear end – only to get my hand stuck in the seat track and have her ask me 50 times “What you DOIN, Mommy?” as I tried to extricate my fingers… I really appreciate this post :)

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Oh the imagery! Made me laugh. Motherhood is an exercise in humility! ~ AM

]]> By: Jenni http://antiquemommy.com/2008/11/25/what-are-the-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-44426 Jenni Tue, 09 Dec 2008 17:33:13 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=3114#comment-44426 This post CRACKS me up! The "update" is so very, very true, it's almost scary. I can only add that the chances of your child barfing in the night increase 100 fold if the sheets have just been washed. And if said child has eaten something like chili? The chances go straight through the roof. This post CRACKS me up! The “update” is so very, very true, it’s almost scary.

I can only add that the chances of your child barfing in the night increase 100 fold if the sheets have just been washed. And if said child has eaten something like chili? The chances go straight through the roof.

]]> By: Cheryl-Leigh http://antiquemommy.com/2008/11/25/what-are-the-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-44418 Cheryl-Leigh Tue, 09 Dec 2008 14:43:08 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=3114#comment-44418 I have been so sad not being able to open this website for several weeks. What happened? I was surprised as to how attached I was to this daily musings on being an antique mommy. As the antique mom (55) of an 8 year old daughter, I so love this column! My older two are 26 and 23 and this last one is such a joy to raise!! I have been so sad not being able to open
this website for several weeks. What
happened? I was surprised as to how attached I was to this daily musings on being an antique mommy. As the antique
mom (55) of an 8 year old daughter, I so
love this column! My older two are 26
and 23 and this last one is such a joy to
raise!!

]]> By: ruth ann http://antiquemommy.com/2008/11/25/what-are-the-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-44403 ruth ann Wed, 26 Nov 2008 15:02:00 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=3114#comment-44403 If your three year old fills the toilet with Kleenex while you're making dinner and you decide to continue making dinner and fish the Kleenex out later - there is a 98.2% chance that someone will come along and flush the toilet thereby flooding the bathroom. But at least the dinner won't be burned. You'll be able to settle everyone at the table for dinner while you cleanup the flood. If your three year old fills the toilet with Kleenex while you’re making dinner and you decide to continue making dinner and fish the Kleenex out later – there is a 98.2% chance that someone will come along and flush the toilet thereby flooding the bathroom.

But at least the dinner won’t be burned. You’ll be able to settle everyone at the table for dinner while you cleanup the flood.

]]> By: Steffj89 http://antiquemommy.com/2008/11/25/what-are-the-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-44397 Steffj89 Wed, 26 Nov 2008 11:03:01 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=3114#comment-44397 *rolling on the floor* OMG I soooo needed to read this today. Chances that you put only one of your younger childs shirt in the wash with your favorite maternity tops and somehow the whole load will be ruined by a permanent marker, melted crayon, bubblegum, or other thing that should never be in the sleeves of a 4 y/.o 's shirt 2000%. Ask me how i know....5 cute maternity shirts with permanent dayglo blue marker stains....oh yeah and chances that this happens in like the 8th month when the thought of spending more $$ on maternity shirts makes you ill...the calculations are astronomical. as for the family pictures thing...that percentage increases exponentially as you add children...there is generally at least once scratched face, cut up to there hair, or black eye every last time. steff *rolling on the floor* OMG I soooo needed to read this today. Chances that you put only one of your younger childs shirt in the wash with your favorite maternity tops and somehow the whole load will be ruined by a permanent marker, melted crayon, bubblegum, or other thing that should never be in the sleeves of a 4 y/.o ‘s shirt 2000%. Ask me how i know….5 cute maternity shirts with permanent dayglo blue marker stains….oh yeah and chances that this happens in like the 8th month when the thought of spending more $$ on maternity shirts makes you ill…the calculations are astronomical.

as for the family pictures thing…that percentage increases exponentially as you add children…there is generally at least once scratched face, cut up to there hair, or black eye every last time.
steff

]]> By: Laura J. http://antiquemommy.com/2008/11/25/what-are-the-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-44392 Laura J. Wed, 26 Nov 2008 04:26:39 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=3114#comment-44392 I came back to read more comments and the one about the pager falling in the toilet reminded me of something funny that happened to a good friend a couple of years ago - she wears glasses and one of the lenses had come loose. She was very busy that particular summer and was having difficulty getting time to go by and have it repaired. The lens would stay in the frame pretty well - it just popped out every once in a while. Of course, it chose the exact moment the automatic flush on the toilet in the women's restroom at the local college flushed to decide to pop out ... and away it went .... I came back to read more comments and the one about the pager falling in the toilet reminded me of something funny that happened to a good friend a couple of years ago – she wears glasses and one of the lenses had come loose. She was very busy that particular summer and was having difficulty getting time to go by and have it repaired. The lens would stay in the frame pretty well – it just popped out every once in a while.

Of course, it chose the exact moment the automatic flush on the toilet in the women’s restroom at the local college flushed to decide to pop out … and away it went ….

]]> By: feefifoto http://antiquemommy.com/2008/11/25/what-are-the-odds/comment-page-1/#comment-44390 feefifoto Wed, 26 Nov 2008 02:51:15 +0000 http://antiquemommy.com/?p=3114#comment-44390 The odds of spilling something ugly and permanent on a piece of white clothing increase exponentially in relation to how expensive the item was to begin with and how much it costs to clean it. Therefore, you'll spill nothing on an old white tee shirt, but white silk pants -- fugeddaboudit. The odds of spilling something ugly and permanent on a piece of white clothing increase exponentially in relation to how expensive the item was to begin with and how much it costs to clean it. Therefore, you’ll spill nothing on an old white tee shirt, but white silk pants — fugeddaboudit.

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