“Jay, did you or did you not put your pencil in the urinal at church and then wipe it on your
sister? Tell me the truth and do not lie!”
“No! No way! I swear, Mom. I would never do that.”
“Why would she make that up?”
“Because she wants to get me in trouble. It’s a well-known fact that she secretly hates me.”
“So, you’re telling me you’re completely innocent and she made up the whole story?”
“Well, no. Parts of the story are true.”
“So, you’re lying?”
“No. Not really. I mean, I did wipe my pencil on her, but I never actually put it in the urinal. That part was a joke not a lie.”
Jay-9 & Anna-12
Young American Wisdom 
I know I’m supposed to be an adult and whatnot, but somedays I would LOVE to pull that prank of a few folks!
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Soon you’ll be able to play this prank on the moms in the preschool pickup line. Should go over well. 😉
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Like the old pretend to pick your nose but wipe the finger for real on somebody? Classic.
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My brother pulled that one, except I think he really wiped his boogers on me. 😦
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Hilarious!
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Thanks, Hook! I feel the same about you.
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Yesterday I picked up my son Jake from school and was told that he tried to put a baby carrot up another kid’s nose. He told me it was an accident. Of course I didn’t believe him. Then he told me he just wanted his friend to smell it. Now I’m not so sure.
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Hahaha! Now, that’s funny! I bet when you sent him off to school you never would have imagined that scenario. I bet you think twice the next time you pack baby carrots.
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He’d get along with my son and his friends who at school tried to flush a pencil down the toilet. I don’t think they wiped it on anyone. But they did plenty of other gross things in there.
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Gross things that I’m certain your better off not knowing. 😉
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He’ll be a good lawyer, the ability to twist the truth around is hard to obtain talent! He seems to come by it naturally!
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Frightening, right? Did I mention that all 3 will be in highschool at the same time. I shudder to think of how the truth will be twisted then.
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a politician in the making. i’m so sorry.
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No way! It’s not happening in this house. I’d rather he work at McDonalds. 😉 I
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So he told you the truth and lied to her as a joke…no problem. Lighten up mom..haha
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The frightening thing is that I’m sure I only catch wind of less than 50% of the shenanigans that take place.
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kid should be a politician – or a comedian…or a stand-up politician. continue…
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I vote for a stand-up comedian. A politician would put me in an early grave.
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She should be grateful it was only urine …I’m just saying 😯
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True. When Jay was still in diapers, Will thought it would be funny to hide one of Jay’s dirty diapers under Anna’s pillow. I think it was there for a couple of days before she found it. What’s wrong with these kids?!?
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Sounds like something my siblings would do. Wait. I think they did do it!
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My brother used to pin me down and stick his smelly socks in my face. I’m sure I did nothing to provoke it either. 😉
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I doubt it’s a secret that she hates him.
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You’re right! Nobody in this house has the ability to bite their tongue.
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Ah, yes, the old I-can-say-no-if-there-is-even-one-tiny-part-I-didn’t-do trick. As a teacher I’ve learned that I cannot interrogate with multiple infractions in one question.
Did you pick up a pencil? Did you dip it in the urinal? Did you wipe it on your sister? Did you tell your sister it was dipped in the urinal?
It’s exhausting work.
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I think I need to take some interrogation lessons from you. Do you also give them the evil eye the whole time to make them nervous? 😉
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HA! Socks… they do it all! They make great oven-mitts, too, you know.
🙂
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D-OH!
I’ve done it AGAIN!
WHY! Why do I always hit the wrong comment button!
Sorry about that, Nancy!
(It’s beyond embarrassing at this point.)
😦
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No worries, Sig! I can’t even tell because they all show up together under comments. 🙂
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…and great dusters! 😉
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I just saw ‘Horrible Bosses’ last night… don’t know if you’ve seen it or not… but…
could be worse, Nancy. Could be worse.
🙂
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I just saw it, too! And you’re very right, it could be much worse. Makes me consider using a new toothbrush each time I brush. 😉
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Aren’t kids entertaining?
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Entertainingly frustrating! I laugh so I don’t cry.
Thanks for reading, Sarsm. I’m glad you stopped by.
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Ohhh…yes…the half-truths. No I didn’t. Nu-uhhhhh. Well, I did do this, but not that! So, that = I didn’t do it.
Yes, we know that one well in our family.
Sandi
http://www.ahhsome.wordpress.com
lake forest, CA
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I think they figure if they talk in circles long enough, they’ll confuse us. It usually works. 😉
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This reminds me of the horrible habit of…
Okay it’s a kid’s trick of pretending to pick
their nose and wipe it on a friend..
Ghoulish I Know, But it’s Your Fault For
Adding This Rather Gruesome Posting 🙂 lol
Androgoth Xx
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Completely ghoulish, but my children can be ghouls.
I will admit that I’ve witnessed them, on more than one occasion, pull that prank and I fear they may not have “pretended” to pick their nose.
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I want to put my kids up against your kids in a contest of who can be the most annoying to each other. Hah.. Great blog you have here.
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Welcome, Sank! Glad to hear you’re experiencing some sibling rivalry over at your house, too. It’s good to know I’m not alone.
Thanks for the kind words and for stopping by.
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I only wish I’d thought of that when I was a kid. So I am wondering did you actually go into the men’s toilets to get that photo???
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I just Googled & Pissoir is a real word & is where pi** comes from. Who’da thunk it???
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Pretty clever, huh?
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Tony, I get most of my pics here…http://www.sxc.hu/
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