tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post2997394779756707443..comments2023-11-05T05:28:34.444-07:00Comments on Voice of Reason: Conversation at workNemesishttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00110470182822628791noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-51161597561717664082007-07-02T12:30:00.000-06:002007-07-02T12:30:00.000-06:00I remember when I was 20 and there was a girl in m...I remember when I was 20 and there was a girl in my singles ward who was 25 and I just thought, "Wow, what must it feel like to be her? 25 years old and still single in the singles ward. Poor thing."<BR/><BR/>5 years later I found out, and, oh look, 10 years later here I am, dried up and withered. Pass the vestal virgin blood!Kellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03573340707827029537noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-59637212552404571542007-07-01T19:58:00.000-06:002007-07-01T19:58:00.000-06:00A member of my singles ward bishopric related the ...A member of my singles ward bishopric related the tale of a movie from the 70s that told the story of a world where no one was under thirty. Everyone had a crystal in this world and when you turned thirty the crystal starts blinking and then you go to some place to die. After he told this story, he told us there was life after the singles ward when you were kicked out. I asked one of my friends who was about to be kicked out if his crystal was blinking, he remarked his had already exploded.abbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11593047822720487011noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-2375240265005067082007-07-01T17:39:00.000-06:002007-07-01T17:39:00.000-06:00.I don't really have a comment, but I haven't left....<BR/><BR/>I don't really have a comment, but I haven't left you one in a long time, so I just wanted to say that this is one of your best posts <I>ever</I>. And I'm not just sayin' it to have something to say, either. You're very funny.Th.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16460795570237872290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-38336277554624624402007-07-01T15:31:00.000-06:002007-07-01T15:31:00.000-06:00When my kids saw a photo of my brother and I watch...When my kids saw a photo of my brother and I watching the Apollo 11 moon landing on our <I>new color tv</I> my son said, "we're learning about that in history! I didn't know you were alive all the way back then."<BR/><BR/>Then my daughter said, "you were alive when they invented tv?"<BR/><BR/>Sigh.<BR/><BR/>If you look in the Old Testament, there's a picture of me in there. With Moses.<BR/><BR/>:(Lippyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10280795930290894490noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-26031936083930154962007-06-30T10:28:00.000-06:002007-06-30T10:28:00.000-06:00I've actually thought a lot about this post, havin...I've actually thought a lot about this post, having been a former YW teacher and trying to find a way to comfortably teach a curriculum with a heavy emphasis on marriage, babies and homemaking. I've also struggled to walk the line between, "Get all the education you can" and "Stay at home with your kids." <BR/><BR/>Undoubtedly, you colleague has had the same lessons. And, quite frankly, you scare her. You represent the thing, in her limited experience, she fears the most. <BR/><BR/>Sorry to get all existential on something that was really a funny story.Science Teacher Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16579558647324072199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-39676692303605596412007-06-30T10:27:00.000-06:002007-06-30T10:27:00.000-06:00Kristeee, will do. But not the "during" pictures, ...Kristeee, will do. But not the "during" pictures, because I wouldn't want to frighten any children.<BR/><BR/>Mary, I'm in! I hope New Hampshire is nice.<BR/><BR/>Indeed, SB. Indeed.<BR/><BR/>Anon (also known as AuD), good to know! Of course, that puts a damper on my plan to one day move to Oregon. Sounds like the competition could be stiff.<BR/><BR/>STM, you are sweet and so is your husband. I don't think the Mormon boys should get all the blame, though. I've driven a fair number of nice ones away . . . <BR/><BR/>Lady Steed, I know! Also, how are you and your new baby doing?<BR/><BR/>Jer, don't even make me come pull your hair for the "older than dirt" remark. Even if it did make me nearly choke and die on my pancakes. I don't have any advice on the "older-looking" front. Maybe add some gray to your hair? Get a cane?Nemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110470182822628791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-65712808110554695482007-06-30T04:59:00.000-06:002007-06-30T04:59:00.000-06:00It is much too early in the morning to be assaulte...It is much too early in the morning to be assaulted by something like this. You're lucky I didn't stop breathing from the overdose of HILARIOUS, because then you would have had my death on your head, on top of your being older than dirt.<BR/><BR/>I wish I looked older. Not a lot older, but, you know, maybe MY ACTUAL AGE would be nice. As it is, the only guys who hit on me are 18-year-olds (who don't realize I'm eight years their senior) or creepy fifty-year-olds (who are hoping I'm barely legal). Where's the happy medium?Seanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15397393719481888482noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-86442487573781331182007-06-29T22:39:00.000-06:002007-06-29T22:39:00.000-06:00oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh!oh my gosh oh my gosh oh my gosh!Lady Steedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12439183959591664777noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-49854966995848783732007-06-29T16:49:00.000-06:002007-06-29T16:49:00.000-06:00It will never end, either. After you have kids, yo...It will never end, either. After you have kids, you hang out with people who are not your age, but who have kids the same age as your kids. In Mormon circles, this often puts me hanging out with younger moms who stare blankly when I make reference to Punky Brewster or Knight Rider or even the Cosby Show.<BR/><BR/>"You are 32, really? I thought you were WAY younger than that."<BR/><BR/>But now I will give the compliment that you are really to confident to need, but it is worth saying anyway. After our last book club at my house (you remember Plantboy was kind of hanging around the fringes?), my hubby said, "The blonde one, she's not married, right?"<BR/><BR/>"No."<BR/><BR/>"Mormon guys are so stupid."<BR/><BR/>I think you should go skydiving for your 28th birthday. To hell with any man who prefers a 19 year old to the hottie librarian.Science Teacher Mommyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16579558647324072199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-30180256119885960462007-06-29T15:06:00.000-06:002007-06-29T15:06:00.000-06:00There is a bunch of 25 and up single mormon girls ...There is a bunch of 25 and up single mormon girls out here in Oregon. I think I am in heaven.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-82840092597690589052007-06-29T12:16:00.000-06:002007-06-29T12:16:00.000-06:00That's not a bad idea.....selling eggs. We could ...That's not a bad idea.....selling eggs. We could go into business you know.goddessdivinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649750585495782767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-34601626740065600182007-06-29T12:05:00.000-06:002007-06-29T12:05:00.000-06:00Seriously, Kristen. And if anyone is wanting eggs ...Seriously, Kristen. And if anyone is wanting eggs that will create snarky blond children, you can buy some of mine. I offer very reasonable payment plans.Nemesishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110470182822628791noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-22043732338241549852007-06-29T12:03:00.000-06:002007-06-29T12:03:00.000-06:00Yeah, I do the virgin blood thing too; that's how ...Yeah, I do the virgin blood thing too; that's how I can pass for 23 instead of 31. I get the same crap all the time: "You don't look that old...." Thanks, but I AM. <BR/><BR/>Does someone need a spare uterus--I'm not using mine....goddessdivinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03649750585495782767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-50242522920428465142007-06-29T11:41:00.000-06:002007-06-29T11:41:00.000-06:00Oh dear. There are no words.Oh dear. There are no words.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04323568112711824064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-85743576628709616082007-06-29T11:03:00.000-06:002007-06-29T11:03:00.000-06:00Funny you should mention...I've been scoping out s...Funny you should mention...I've been scoping out some acreage in southern New Hampshire for my Failure Farm. It's an opportunity for old gals (27 and older) to share costs of HRT prescriptions, there's a yarn store closeby, it's next to the yarn store...<BR/><BR/>I'll send you the link.Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01881149102981381456noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13684790.post-22294297433868401442007-06-29T09:32:00.000-06:002007-06-29T09:32:00.000-06:00hahahaha! Reminds me of Happy Gilmore when the ba...hahahaha! Reminds me of Happy Gilmore when the bank forecloses on his grandma's house: "look at her! She's . . . <I>old</I>" Good luck with the bloodbaths. Let us know how it works - maybe before and after pics would be appropriate.Kristeeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13962392152495823796noreply@blogger.com