But, but, but.... public school is a demonic, communist conspiracy.

The Dark Side; join us, we have cookies!

Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith

And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game

I stuck around St. Petersburg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain

I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
Ah, what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)

I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the gods they made
(woo woo, woo woo)

I shouted out,
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me
(who who, who who)

Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadours
Who get killed before they reached Bombay
(woo woo, who who)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
(who who, who who)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
(woo woo, who who)

Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
(who who, who who)

So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, have some taste
(woo woo)
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, mmm yeah
(woo woo, woo woo)

Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, mmm yeah
(who who)
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, mmm mean it, get down
(woo woo, woo woo)

Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
(woo woo)

Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, can ya guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame

Oh, who
woo, woo
Woo, who
Woo, woo
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah

What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name

Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Woo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Woo woo
Woo woo

ML, that song used to give me nightmares. Then I saw that movie The Devil's Advocate......yeesh, I don't like them thangs.

To change things up a bit, please allow me to vent about frozen pipes....

Grrrrr....

Thanks to the freezing weather, we have no hot water in the kitchen, so I can't do dishes (I am not handwashing in icecold water.... my fingers went numb after just a few seconds) and I can't do laundry either since there's no water to the washing machine....

As much as I hate doing housework, I hate worse not being able to do housework... then it starts to pile up.... I have a feeling I'm going to be spending my weekend making up for this.... that is if the pipes ever unfreeze.....

grrrrrrr....

At least the shower has hot water....

So, wash the dishes in the shower!

Throw the sheets in there too (not at the same time as the dishes) and trample them, the way our grandmothers used to!

Vib, I often handwash dishes in hot water I heat on the stove. We don't have a dishwasher, and our hot water heater often doesn't hold out long enough for me to finish.

Oooh there's an idea... I might try that - though DH, charmer that he is, just messaged me to tell me not to worry about the dishes, he'd handle them when he gets home from class.... I'll tell him about the hot water from the stove idea - save his poor hands.

You must GET that song. Most people don't get it. I sure didn't until I was well into my 30's when it dawned on me with horror one day.

Our hot water heater was broken for 3 weeks before we got it fixed. We had to heat up bath water on the stove for everyone everyday, as well as water to hand wash our dishes, since the dishwasher just doesn't work without hot water. It sucked, but we managed. Try using paper plates and cups and plastic utensils until the hot water comes back. I found that helped cut down on the number of dishes we had to wash.

Your guess is exactly right: the water would hold out long enough more often if markos took care of the dishes every day instead of allowing them to pile up. Then the job would not be so big.

(That probably wasn't your guess, was it? )

My guess is that Pep wasn't guessing that.

My guess is that she was talking about the number of little angels that live in your house and eat off your dishes.

Yes, they eat off my dishes all the time, and the littlest one keeps stealing her mommy's soda.

Maybe I need a rant about that. Why can't kids eat off their own plates, anyway? Gotta make Daddy share, apparently.

I hope my humor is recognizable as such.

I sometimes eat of DH's plate.....what does that mean?

They sound adorable. What species are they?

They must be whatever I am, sweetened up by their mother. So I guess they are a cross.

Maybe one of these:

I rather thought that some of them might be boys and some girls, but I'll go with your description!

What's up with that anyway? I can make the exact same thing for me and my 2-year-old, I mean the EXACT SAME THING, and she won't touch hers. She just wants mine.