Parents!
Turn a big profit on all those years you invested, training yr offspring to obey voice commands: Give sane orders.
Sample sane orders: “Come forth & fulfill yr heart’s desire”
“Live long, and prosper”
“Do yr best & forget about the rest”
“Cultivate yr secret garden” …
We at Ensorcelled Broom are rummaging through the collectiveconscious for more sane orders. Got any?
May 26, 2008 at 8:44 pm
Love each other.
Take care of your sister, she will be your strength when you need it.
May 28, 2008 at 2:33 pm
Expect Nothing.
May 28, 2008 at 2:34 pm
Keep a dictionary at hand.
May 29, 2008 at 6:03 pm
And the RedRover returns! what a luckout, not just a heckler, but also a grammarnazi….
May 29, 2008 at 6:09 pm
todd enlarges on his suggested sane order:
question authority
on post called Dos Donts & Question Authority…
May 29, 2008 at 8:35 pm
Abovementioned post is here: http://tyrtle.wordpress.com/2008/05/29/dos-donts-and-questioning-authority/
May 29, 2008 at 8:38 pm
Oh and for gods sakes don’t mention grammar nazis. I’ll be forced to resume the argument as to whether I think I should be outraged or die laughing at Sage’s playing of Tim’s grammar nazi story. I flipflop between the two on a regular basis and have settled upon laughing while at the clever wordplay while being disturbed at the material.
May 29, 2008 at 10:46 pm
Trust your instincts.
May 29, 2008 at 11:05 pm
Ooo – that’s a good one. Fits well with the question authority as well as usually one is moved to question when they have a gut feeling something isn’t quite right.
May 30, 2008 at 12:08 am
Expect anything – the universe is an amazing place and anything could happen – and does.
Believe that you are capable of anything
Be passionate about something
Be human and remember that others are also
May 31, 2008 at 5:04 pm
Hey, i was referring to the possibility of reading a blog where one has the opportunity to expand one’s vocabulary — by looking up such words as “ensorselled”.
June 4, 2008 at 7:20 pm
eek teahouse-apologies for misinterpreting yr comment and yow! callin you a grammarnazi, oy that was harsh! to further demonstrate my great regret, you are promoted to Boss Heckler.
June 7, 2008 at 2:59 pm
Hey Phoenix—my mom actually said variations on the ‘believe you are capable of anything’. I always knew she’s ahead of her time. I must say, at 51 years old, I still use it to keep expanding my horizons and following my ‘on the beam’ self.