Re: Snippets for cheering up

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Marina <frankiennikki@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

You don't know how lucky you are. I wish Smudge would let out
pathetic little meeps when she wants to go outside late at night,
and I won't let her. Instead, we are all treated to 45 minutes of
non-stop yowling.

Oh, I get my share of yowling from Miranda. :)

OK, sorry, I spoke too soon!

I vaguely remember that its' called something else in English. I
don't know why it's called Mirror, really. You have a bunch of kids,
and one of them is 'It' and stand with his/her face to the wall. The
other kids line up at the other end of the room. Then they try to
creep up on the one who's It. The kid who's It tries to catch them
out, turning suddenly at random intervals. If It sees one of the
kids move, that kid has to go back to the starting line. The kid who
manages to creep right up to It then gets to be It.

Oh, yes, we called that game "1-2-3 Red Light". That's because "It"
would yell out, "One... two... three..................... RED LIGHT!"
The "red light" part would always be very sudden, after a very long,
drawn out "threeeeeeeeeeeeee........".

Which reminds me of something funny. I once tried to teach a friend's
5-year-old to play that game, and he just *didn't get it*. He would
stand there and wait while I faced the wall, and only when I yelled
"red light!" and turned around, would he then yell "red light!"
ecstatically back, and run towards me. :)

My thoughts exactly! :) (But he redeems himself with his beauty.
:))

Caliban sez, 'I'ze not BYOOTIFUL, I'ze HANSUM!'

Oops, sorry Caliban! Didn't mean to cast aspersions on your gender
identity. :)

Joyce


We called it red light; green light.

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