<[email protected]> wrote:
> My daughter came home one day with a 100 on an exam. She was so
> proud
> of herself. I looked at it and said, "A hundred ??? Is that all
> ??
> What did you do?? Spell your name wrong?? "
>
> I then told everyone I knew that she had come home with a lousy 100
> test score. I don't know what's wrong with kids today, they don't
> apply themselves anymore.
>
> My wife wouldn't let me ground her.
IMHO, funny it isn't.
Lew
In article <[email protected]>, Joe
<[email protected]> wrote:
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
> >
> > <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> >> My daughter came home one day with a 100 on an exam. She was so proud
> >> of herself. I looked at it and said, "A hundred ??? Is that all ??
> >> What did you do?? Spell your name wrong?? "
> >>
> >> I then told everyone I knew that she had come home with a lousy 100
> >> test score. I don't know what's wrong with kids today, they don't
> >> apply themselves anymore.
> >>
> >> My wife wouldn't let me ground her.
> >
> > IMHO, funny it isn't.
> >
> > Lew
> >
> >
> >
> Yeah, I didn't get it either.
> jc
Must be a Canadian thing. I've done the same, and both my daughter and
I found it quite funny.
In article <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>
wrote:
> You must be a Canadian at heart.
Well, I grew up in and around Winnipeg and currently live in
Saskatoon...
>From the book titled, Growing Up a Jewish Princess.
>
>The first paragraph described the problem.
>
>Seems the girl came home and proudly told her mother that
>she had made a 98 on the math exam.
>
>Mother's response was "And who got the hundred?"
>
My daughter came home one day with a 100 on an exam. She was so proud
of herself. I looked at it and said, "A hundred ??? Is that all ??
What did you do?? Spell your name wrong?? "
I then told everyone I knew that she had come home with a lousy 100
test score. I don't know what's wrong with kids today, they don't
apply themselves anymore.
My wife wouldn't let me ground her.
P :)
On 12/16/2009 5:52 PM Joe spake thus:
> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
> news:[email protected]...
>
>> <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> My daughter came home one day with a 100 on an exam. She was so proud
>>> of herself. I looked at it and said, "A hundred ??? Is that all ??
>>> What did you do?? Spell your name wrong?? "
>>>
>>> I then told everyone I knew that she had come home with a lousy 100
>>> test score. I don't know what's wrong with kids today, they don't
>>> apply themselves anymore.
>>>
>>> My wife wouldn't let me ground her.
>>
>> IMHO, funny it isn't.
>
> Yeah, I didn't get it either.
It sounds like Martian irony. Or perhaps Venutian.
--
I am a Canadian who was born and raised in The Netherlands. I live on
Planet Earth on a spot of land called Canada. We have noisy neighbours.
- harvested from Usenet
On Wed, 16 Dec 2009 20:16:50 -0600, Dave Balderstone
<dave@N_O_T_T_H_I_Sbalderstone.ca> wrote:
>In article <[email protected]>, Joe
><[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
>> news:[email protected]...
>> >
>> > <[email protected]> wrote:
>> >
>> >> My daughter came home one day with a 100 on an exam. She was so proud
>> >> of herself. I looked at it and said, "A hundred ??? Is that all ??
>> >> What did you do?? Spell your name wrong?? "
>> >>
>> >> I then told everyone I knew that she had come home with a lousy 100
>> >> test score. I don't know what's wrong with kids today, they don't
>> >> apply themselves anymore.
>> >>
>> >> My wife wouldn't let me ground her.
>> >
>> > IMHO, funny it isn't.
>> >
>> > Lew
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> Yeah, I didn't get it either.
>> jc
>
>Must be a Canadian thing. I've done the same, and both my daughter and
>I found it quite funny.
You must be a Canadian at heart. And it was funny. It's called left
handed bragging.
My brother in law was sitting in a bull session at lunch on day,
listening to the gearheads talking of classic cars. He jumped with "
Oh yeah, well my brother in law has a 50 plymouth in mint condition
and he says I can have it anytime I want. I just don't know if I want
it."
Left handed bragging struck again
P
On Dec 16, 2:57=A0pm, "Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote:
> Enjoy
>
> Lew
> -----------------------------------------
> From the book titled, Growing Up a Jewish Princess.
>
> The first paragraph described the problem.
>
> Seems the girl came home and proudly told her mother that
> she had made a 98 on the math exam.
>
> Mother's response was "And who got the hundred?"
--------
"Moshe...zip up your jacket..your mother is getting cold..."
"Lew Hodgett" <[email protected]> wrote in message
news:[email protected]...
>
> <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> My daughter came home one day with a 100 on an exam. She was so proud
>> of herself. I looked at it and said, "A hundred ??? Is that all ??
>> What did you do?? Spell your name wrong?? "
>>
>> I then told everyone I knew that she had come home with a lousy 100
>> test score. I don't know what's wrong with kids today, they don't
>> apply themselves anymore.
>>
>> My wife wouldn't let me ground her.
>
> IMHO, funny it isn't.
>
> Lew
>
>
>
Yeah, I didn't get it either.
jc
On Dec 16, 6:40=A0pm, [email protected] wrote:
> >From the book titled, Growing Up a Jewish Princess.
>
> >The first paragraph described the problem.
>
> >Seems the girl came home and proudly told her mother that
> >she had made a 98 on the math exam.
>
> >Mother's response was "And who got the hundred?"
>
> My daughter came home one day with a 100 on an exam. =A0She was so proud
> of herself. =A0 I looked at it and said, "A hundred ??? =A0Is that all ??
> What did you do?? =A0Spell your name wrong?? "
>
> I then told everyone I knew that she had come home with a lousy 100
> test score. =A0 I don't know what's wrong with kids today, they don't
> apply themselves anymore. =A0
>
> My wife wouldn't let me ground her.
>
> P =A0:)
I totally got the humour in that.