We really speak this way.

[rhu]

(With apologies to mabfan and gnomi)

introverte: Kids, five minutes to bedtime!
530nm330hz: You gave them five minutes? I just gave them ten minutes! We've got a bunch of young children out there! They hear "five minutes to bedtime" and everyone starts running for the potty. They hear "ten minutes to bedtime" and they're running back to play with their Legos. We don't know if we're coming or going!
introverte: Don't sit on the cactus, dear.

Comments

[abbasegal.livejournal.com]

I always thought that "10 minutes to bedtime" was the cue to invite the hamsters in!

[mabfan.livejournal.com]

She's right. Don't sit on the cactus.

[gnomi.livejournal.com]

::snerk::

As long as they remember to *take* the sardines and *leave* the newspaper... or is it *leave* the sardines and *take* the paper?...

Bag! Bag, bag! Was here! Now gone! :-)