Randomly Random. Quack.
I first heard the sound just as I rounded a steep curve. "Quack!"
I glanced out the car windows, trying to locate the errant duck. "Quack!"
I didn't see any birds anywhere. "Quack! Quack!"
I started glancing around the car. Where the heck was the sound coming from? Was there a duck behind us? Had Alexis magically learned to let out a realistic quack? Was there a duck in my trunk? Had I hit a duck and it was stuck to the front of my car? "QUACK!"
Just as a wave of panic washed over me because OMGAH-I-HIT-A-DUCK, I realized the sound was coming from the phone sitting in car console.
Alexis had changed my ringtone to a duck sound.
Quack.
(P.S. We shall never speak of this incident again. Lest you consider mocking me, let me relentlessly quack at you and see how clearly you think. ;-) )
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Over at That's Church, Ginny has resorted to begging and pleading the Pirates to not make her look bad. She is even offering bribes so that she is the Queen of Make Room for Crazy.
I don't need bribes. I have reality.
Look. A very wise person once said the definition of insanity was to do the same thing over and over and over, expecting the result to somehow be different. The Succos finished the preseason just over .500 last year, and then went on to LOOOOOOOSE and LOOOOOOOSE and LOOOOOOOSE. It's what they do best. This year they're off to an OK-ish start, which is to say that nothing has changed and there is no reason to expect a different outcome.
I would love for the Pirates to have a winning season, but it ain't happening. No way, now how.
If you haven't already tossed $5 (or $10 or $50 or whatever--you can enter as many times as you would like) into the charity collection bin, you should go do it. And vote no. Because they aren't going to have a winning season.
So far, there are a several of ZOMG!-worthy prizes at stake:
- $25 gift card to Bocktown Beer and Grill
- Two $25 gift cards to Las Velas
- One brand new POANG chair from IKEA-Pittsburgh
- $50 gift card from Tan 360
- One free two-hour workshop for two people at the Pittsburgh Glass Center
- A Pirates Fan Pack valued at $50
- 2 RIP packages for Scarehouse
We'll announce more prizes as they make their way into our greedy little hands.
By the way, the kid has spoken, and she is firmly on my team:
I'm so generous, I'm willing to spot them another 50 or so wins. See! I am a nice Pittsburgher!
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Also falling into the category of Nice Pittsburgher, I posted to the Review page earlier today. It kinda sorta might be worth checking out because I'm giving away two $125 Amex gift cards. Yay! Money!
Monday, March 15, 2010
Reader Comments (9)
And this is why Alexis and I, and you and I are friends. She realizes when the ship is sinking, and she wants off! Just like all of us...
Please let me know if she predicts the Pens winning again this year, as I need to book a trip to visit My Little C for the finals in that case... My Little C did attempt to watch/sleep during the winning game!!!
Also, I'm giving up on her being a Steeler or Pirates fan. All I'm asking NE for is the Pens. She can be a BoSox fan, and we'll let her be a Dolphins fan since daddy works there. :-)
If it rings like a duck...
It is probably your mother in law.
Great. When I need my ringtones changed I hand the phone to my daughter. Yet something ELSE that your 4 year old can do that I can't.
QUACK! HAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
My phone used to ring with the wicked witch theme every time my mom called.
Thank you SO much for that huge laugh this morning. I could write LOL, but that is an understatement. She is one smart little cookie!
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!
QUACK!!!
i love that she can change the ringer. great kid.
oh...and quack!
This cracked me up... But I totally think you should, in order to "pay it forward", leave your phone hidden in various public places (store shelves, coffee shops) and watch, from afar, as you call it... it could be entertaining...
When I was a kid, there was gum that had liquid in the middle. The commercial went something like "The gum that goes squirt!" So one day we were sitting at dinner and I guess we were talking about ducks, or quacking or something. I don't really remember. But, all of a sudden, my younger brother who was probably around 4 or 5 at the time goes "the gum that goes quack" really loud. We all cracked up partly because of the look on his face. He was so embarrassed. ... Guess you had to be there. This just reminded me of it. :-)
Isn't it amazing how smart kids are will electronic devices???
QUACK :)