➡I accidentally bought Balut eggs: 2 live ducks! Now a Chat Thread!

[Ursuline Chick]

How was the trip?

@jwyles we need to hear about your trip, please. Did you have a good time, we are doing Vaca envy.

 

[The Farmers' Daughter]

@jwyles we need to hear about your trip, please. Did you have a good time, we are doing Vaca envy.

Yes!
The one pic you posted looked so nice!
I haven't been anywhere in 6 years, do I've definitely got vacay envy! I'll just live vicariously through you.

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Contract may not go through, keep looking, but keep checking also.

We got our house, after thinking it had sold. Sign wasn't in front of the house anymore, so I talked DH into calling the man who was selling it. Turned out they had taken it off the market because wife was about to have a baby and they did't want to deal with showing etc. We had seen it already, so DH and the man came up with a price over the phone that everyone was happy with and we gave them some time to settle what they needed to do with baby coming etc. Would have never got it, if we had not followed through.

 

[Glitterchicks]

I laugh out loud.
The Star Wars bit...I cry tears laughing so hard.
It is that funny to me.

My brother just sent me this link...I am about to watch it for the first time now so I am not even sure what it's about....he just said he almost passed out watching it...from laughing so hard.

Let's see.

I peed.

 

[Glitterchicks]

We got our house, after thinking it had sold. Sign wasn't in front of the house anymore, so I talked DH into calling the man who was selling it. Turned out they had taken it off the market because wife was about to have a baby and they did't want to deal with showing etc. We had seen it already, so DH and the man came up with a price over the phone that everyone was happy with and we gave them some time to settle what they needed to do with baby coming etc. Would have never got it, if we had not followed through.

Nice work!!!
I love it when things work out like that!! And no realtor fees!!

 

[Ursuline Chick]

Nice work!!!
I love it when things work out like that!! And no realtor fees!!

Yes, just the attorney.

 

[Glitterchicks]

The tissues killed me too. Amazing.

Same here. I was dying!

 

[Glitterchicks]

 

[Pugsabi]

Question for all of you. What was the biggest white lie your parents/family ever told you and did you believe it?

My dad told us kids we couldn't get a cat because it would suffocate us in our sleep. Not smother us by lying on our face or something, but take it's paw and pinch our nose closed with two of it's toes until we died.

Now, I'm not saying I really believed him, but to this day I don't really trust cats.

 

[Tesumph]

Question for all of you. What was the biggest white lie your parents/family ever told you and did you believe it?

My dad told us kids we couldn't get a cat because it would suffocate us in our sleep. Not smother us by lying on our face or something, but take it's paw and pinch our nose closed with two of it's toes until we died.

Now, I'm not saying I really believed him, but to this day I don't really trust cats.

Hmm. This is a tough one, my family was cruel.
When I was maybe 6 or so, my pet betta fish died. I kept it together until that night when I told my dad about Bluey’s death and he announced “looks like we’re having fish tonight!”
My sobbing was inconsolable. I can only imagine how much hell my mom gave him for that LOL.

When I was a bit older we went to some theme park, and I was waiting in line for a rollercoaster with my mom and sadistic bully of a cousin. I made it clear I did NOT want to get on the ride and they both thoroughly assured me that I could wait to the side with the ride’s employees while they went on the ride and then we could all move on. I was too busy being anxious about waiting with strangers to even consider that they were lying.
Well, we got to the front and at the last second I was (literally) picked up, strapped, and buckled into the ride. I still remember my mom assuring everyone around us (including the wide eyed ride operator) that I was just being silly while I screamed “LET ME OUT RIGHT NOW!”
Nope. The ride took off and I never forgave my mom or cousin.

Similar stunts were pulled and many lies were told to force me to go to the doctor as a kid. Guess who’s still terrified of rollercoasters and doctors? Thanks mom and dad!