January 6, 2005
The Twilight Bark
I just received a phone call from my 12-year-old's school, informing me my daughter's field trip to Disney World would be an hour late returning. I knew this, of course, because she had already called us on her Emergency Only! cellphone. The school then gave me five other parents to call. "We'll make a phone tree!" she said.
I was dubious, but called them anyway. Sure enough, all five had already heard from their children. 12-year-olds are far more savvy than their custodians and chaperones.
"We'll make a phone tree!" Fucking indeed.
Heh. So I take it you aren't leader of a Girl Scout Brownie troop?
Posted by: Sadie at January 6, 2005 7:38 PMThe twilight bark! I didn't know anyone else remembered that. We have a thing about that little saying at our house; any dusk woofs are Twilight Barks. Like the NYT for canines. Or Fox. Awesome.
Posted by: Queenie at January 6, 2005 8:08 PMi think you ought to pee under the phone tree
Posted by: mr. helpful at January 6, 2005 9:18 PMAfter we make the phone tree, let's put on a show. Someone call Mickey Rooney.
Posted by: Jim - PRS at January 6, 2005 10:48 PMAnd we wonder why they roll their eyes at us...
Posted by: jmflynny at January 6, 2005 11:00 PMJeez. At what age am I supposed to entrust Miss Priss with a cell phone?
Posted by: Key at January 6, 2005 11:55 PMAt least you weren't visited by phone-TreeBeard. He would have trashed your house. And your mutant replicating schemes would have been demolished.
OK, I've been watching too many LOTR movies lately...
But did you see my estimation of how long it takes to watch one of those things? I can't be blamed.
Posted by: Evilwhiteguy at January 7, 2005 3:47 AMInsanity is one of the three key symptoms of genius, the others two are (1) an ability to think and act like a child i.e. play and imagine and the ability to laugh at ones self-Professor Penny the Pup
Posted by: Dr. Charles Shaffer at May 26, 2006 3:11 PM