This post is in honour of my friend, KPF, who is from the
beautiful Newfoundland and has an awesome sense of humour J KPF has always
encouraged me to write and has always shown an interest in my children’s lives.
It is his birthday in a couple of days and I thought I could gift him a wee bit
of laughter!
I am going down memory lane today.
My first serious attempt to write something and have it
published was in 2004. Here is the joke I sent to Reader’s Digest!
My friend, Zion, likes
to visit with my 3-year-old son as much as she can. On one such visit, she
decided to test his knowledge of colours. She asked him what her hair colour
was and he replied, “Black”. Her next question was: “What colour are your
eyes?” His prompt response: “Black and white”.
Of course, I did NOT get any response. What I thought of as
the funniest observation by my child was/is probably the most common and oft
repeated response by many children around the world! Although I continued to
think of my child(ren)’s observations as special, I decided to NOT push them
for publishing.
Following is one of those observations:
A few weeks after my
second child was born, his older brother duly noted that I put the baby in
daycare! I was a little concerned, however very relieved when he mentioned that
I need to take some time for myself. Just as I was thinking how considerate he
is at just 7 years of age, he followed it up with, “I have noticed that the
dishes haven’t been washed in 2 days. If the baby is in daycare, you will have
time to wash them”.
Happy birthday K!
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