Teenager Thought for the Day: Somebody Beat Him to It
You know what would be a great bumper sticker? “Warning: I brake for tailgaters.”
Sheer genius! As soon as we got home I made a bee line for the internet, positive my boy had come up with the world’s next best selling bumper sticker idea.
Alas, Squirt, there’s nothing new under the sun.
Must be teen thought day.
Kids are great at one line quips that I swear I’ll write down but usually end up getting sidetracked. I know Boy has coined a few phrases that have made me laugh and a few that have left him open to good-natured ribbing.
Better luck next time, Squirt, on coining a new bumpersticker phrase!
Comment by Kait — 1/10/2006 @ 8:11 am
My kids had the hubby and I cracking up at dinner last night – the 9yo was talking about the 7yo’s “relationship” (he did the finger quotes and all) w/ a cute girl in his class – sheesh – I am far far too young to hear my boys talk of girlfriends!
Comment by Dennie — 1/10/2006 @ 1:11 pm
Kids say and think the darndest things.
Oh, BTW, my girfriend works for an insurance company and I showed her the sticker….She had no sense of humor, which made me laugh all the more. But she said if one of her insured had that on their car and really did wind up in a rearender, they’d fight paying the claim. Yikes!
Comment by Bonnie Calhoun — 1/10/2006 @ 11:09 pm
Yikes, indeed! That’s awful! And I would just be a proud mama, too, sporting my son’s bumper sticker on my van.
Mean old insurance companies.
Kait, if I don’t write it down right away, I lose it. If there’s only one one-liner, I can usually chant it in my head until I can write it down. If there’s more than one-liner, then all is lost, unless the kid or the Hubby is willing to help me recreate the wording. I hate getting older.
It’s scary how fast kids grow up, Dennie!
Comment by Bonnie Wren — 1/11/2006 @ 5:53 am
Yep. It’s been done. Another variation is something like, “If you get too close, I’ll flick a booger on your windshield.”
Comment by pat kirby — 1/12/2006 @ 10:15 am