give 'em an inch
Yeah, the car pool kids are still workin' it. Close on the heels of yesterday's McBreakfast came this morning's request.
On our way to school, there is a grocery store. This grocery store gives away one free cookie to each child when you visit their bakery. The youngster has, on many occasions, stopped in the bakery for his free cookie. Well, the request this morning was....
"Mr. Lumberyard, we should stop in the grocery store for our free cookies."
While this one would be free, and probably not take a whole lot of time, I could see the results in my head. Five children with not much in their stomachs but a buttload of...sugar...in the back of my car. Oh suuuuure. That has fun written all over it. Not only that. Fifteen minutes later I can unleash said sugar fueled children on an unsuspecting school...yet another opportunity for chaos. Follow that with the inevitable crash, when they all want to nap halfway through their first class. I can see the Lumberyard appreciation level skyrocketing with teachers and car pool parents.
Nooooo..I don't think so.
In the "keeping up with the Lumberyard" category, another carpool family is buying a new car today. They have four kids where we only have one, so their version of the new vehicle is far larger than the rolling video game. Either that or...we just had to be outdone. In any case, they are getting something that could swallow ours whole. I should have told them...if you're just trying to keep the kids happy during the commute, hash browns are a whole lot cheaper. I figure the kids can play football in the back of that thing on the way home from school...and have room for stadium seating for spectators. If one of the kids gets lost back there, we could send out search parties and it still may be days before we find 'em. Hmmmmmmmmm....
On our way to school, there is a grocery store. This grocery store gives away one free cookie to each child when you visit their bakery. The youngster has, on many occasions, stopped in the bakery for his free cookie. Well, the request this morning was....
"Mr. Lumberyard, we should stop in the grocery store for our free cookies."
While this one would be free, and probably not take a whole lot of time, I could see the results in my head. Five children with not much in their stomachs but a buttload of...sugar...in the back of my car. Oh suuuuure. That has fun written all over it. Not only that. Fifteen minutes later I can unleash said sugar fueled children on an unsuspecting school...yet another opportunity for chaos. Follow that with the inevitable crash, when they all want to nap halfway through their first class. I can see the Lumberyard appreciation level skyrocketing with teachers and car pool parents.
Nooooo..I don't think so.
In the "keeping up with the Lumberyard" category, another carpool family is buying a new car today. They have four kids where we only have one, so their version of the new vehicle is far larger than the rolling video game. Either that or...we just had to be outdone. In any case, they are getting something that could swallow ours whole. I should have told them...if you're just trying to keep the kids happy during the commute, hash browns are a whole lot cheaper. I figure the kids can play football in the back of that thing on the way home from school...and have room for stadium seating for spectators. If one of the kids gets lost back there, we could send out search parties and it still may be days before we find 'em. Hmmmmmmmmm....
John put this out here at 11:21 AM
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