Comments on: I just can’t wipe that “I’m helpless and not so bright” wrinkle from my forehead.

By: Lucy

Lucy — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 15:10:40 +0000

When I used to nanny, people would talk like that to my youngest girl all the time, and at one point, as we left a store, she asked me why people did that and I said “because they think you’re little, and grown ups do it sometimes because they think it’s cute”

And her response was, at age 4 mind you, “well do they have to make those dumb faces when they do it because they look stupid.”

Harper can join her club of small children who aren’t impressed by grownups using their baby voice.

By: Sunday Linky Love

Sunday Linky Love — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 05:25:32 +0000

[...] The checkout girl at the Hallmark store saved the Fluid Pudding Christmas. [...]

By: mizmell

mizmell — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:47:32 +0000

Did you ever see “A Streetcar Named Desire?”
Sometimes we have to rely on the kindness of strangers…

By: mrs flinger

mrs flinger — Sun, 21 Dec 2008 04:07:37 +0000

Sorry. I laughed. Giggled, even. You, even sick, are hilarious. Hallmark lady be damned. It’s still funny coming from you.

By: fidget

fidget — Sat, 20 Dec 2008 02:08:06 +0000

I used to work at Hallmark, they require sing song talking lessons as a term of employment.

By: patois

patois — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 14:35:55 +0000

Pharmgirl has an excellent idea. Poor Hallmark lady. Poor white kitty.

By: Melissa

Melissa — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 04:03:16 +0000

Hallmark ladies- way too much time on their hands. Almost as bad as the people at Starbucks. Don’t they know I’m not coherent/pleasant until AFTER I drink the coffee, of which they have already consumed momentous amounts by the time I get there? Colud they just take it down a notch (or seven, eight?)

By: pharmgirl

pharmgirl — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:17:34 +0000

Call back and tell her about the great deal you got at the taxidermist.

Please.

For me?

By: Ani

Ani — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 15:21:07 +0000

Hallmark ladies are on Prozac.

And I’m surprised she didn’t conveniently point out to your preschooler the lovely white Webkins kitty up for sale.

You’re lucky there. :-)

By: CarrieJ

CarrieJ — Thu, 18 Dec 2008 05:33:58 +0000

take it as a compliment, they only talk like that to the cute ones! Now, when she sing-songed at you, I am pretty sure that was an insult and you would have been perfectly within your right to push her into the candle display and/or HACCCKCKKKK on her.