Comments on: My Dad weighs 15 pounds, does not have a job, and likes to wear shirts.

By: Dyre

Dyre — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:30:57 +0000

I’m all for “unique” names and even “interesting” spellings of names, but I have a strong belief that the names should be (correctly) readable for 80% of the demographic of the area I live in.

“Ciaran” would not fit my requirements as a “Karen” substitute because I’m pretty sure most people (not Irish) would read it “See-are/err-an”. Though, I suppose if I wanted the English phonetic reading to be the name, I’d go for it.

PS: “Dyre” cuts it close to acceptable. There’s a surprising amount of people that read it “Die-ray” instead of “Die-er”. At least I’m not too troubled by the misreading.

By: Dyre

Dyre — Sun, 12 Aug 2012 13:25:19 +0000

Also a teacher (though in art), I feel like this assignment should be class and homework. Young kids don’t always know their parents’/guardians’ hobbies and the like, so they need to be able to go home and ask them.

By: Dea

Dea — Sat, 11 Aug 2012 04:49:39 +0000

Basically, I look at this assignment and I think “Man, I remember having to do dumb stuff like this. It was the WORST. Boring and about something I hated!”

Believe it or not all kids do not love their parents. Some parents are assholes and aren’t worth knowing. They don’t even have to be abusive! They can just be an asshole in general. I’ve never understood that whole “love” thing. There’s absolutely no reason for me to love my parents unconditionally. And frankly, I don’t. I can see where this kid is coming from. Could not care less about what he likes or not, as long as he leaves me alone. It doesn’t make the kid a bad kid, or the parent a bad parent, they’re just incompatible. That happens, get over it, not everything’s perfect. The best thing that happens to these parents’ and kids’ lives is when the kid moves out. I see myself staring back from this note…

By: lauren

lauren — Fri, 13 Jul 2012 02:25:03 +0000

God this was funny! Just about every part made me laugh. The snark in the comments had the opposite effect. Chill the eff out people, you are not nearly as funny or interesting as you think you are.

By: Etoile

Etoile — Wed, 11 Jul 2012 04:24:26 +0000

The picture is actually what worries me most. If the dad is 2’1, how short does Ciaran have to be to still be significantly shorter?

By: kermit

kermit — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 19:52:44 +0000

No, Dr. Chalk I did mean that the kid’s parents think that the Church of England should remain part of the state. Church rulers were/are not generally this nosy and just favoured the power of the church over everything.

Sheesh making me explain my feigned outrage over the nosiness of this note really really ruins the joke I was trying to make.

Calm the hell down and have a beer and/or a kitten.

By: Dr.Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff

Dr.Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:54:03 +0000

Antidisestablishmentarianism is a political belief that holds that the Church of England should remain part of the state; it opposes disestablishmentarianism (the belief that the Church of England should be disestablished). You mean they’re anti-establishment.

By: Dr.Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff

Dr.Chalkwitheringlicktacklefeff — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:45:41 +0000

The bit at the bottom doesn’t say “He is special to me but I don’t have a reason”; it quite clearly says “He is only a little special to me but I don’t have a reason.”

By: Kieran's Mom

Kieran's Mom — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 17:12:58 +0000

Our youngest is Kieran, the English spelling of Ciaran. His name goes great with his very Irish last name. Many of his teachers don’t even try and pronounce his name at first.

Our name for a girl was Siobhan.

By: Vulpis

Vulpis — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 16:48:12 +0000

Wouldn’t explain the shirts..

But in general…yeah, this sort of assignment is the kind that would likely generate *lots* of calls to the head-office about the nosiness and intrusiveness of the questions…

By: Jason

Jason — Sun, 01 Jul 2012 15:19:19 +0000

Read this again and assume that the dad has been cremated.

By: L

Sun, 01 Jul 2012 00:27:09 +0000

I gave a lot of Father’s Day stuff to my mother ’cause it wasn’t an option not to. And I was vocal about the fact that I didn’t have one. (He was a jerk.) The one that annoyed me was when they said, “Give it to your grandfather” and I was “Nope, don’t got one of those either.” Then it went to, “Older male neighbour.” Now you’re just getting desperate.

I don’t teach but I do Storytime and I don’t do Mom/Dad storytimes.

By: Poltergeist

Poltergeist — Sat, 30 Jun 2012 20:30:08 +0000

I’d highly encourage you to check with me. I’m pretty busy lately, however, so you’ll have to schedule an appointment. There’s a $20 fee, and you have to get on your knees and grovel.

A lady came in asking how she should spell Susan. I informed her that she could spell it Cooxin since C can make a “sssss” sound, and X can make a “zzzz” sound, according to our wonderfully logical language. I predict this spelling will be the norm within the next century.

By: Greg

Greg — Fri, 29 Jun 2012 19:44:56 +0000

For gods’s sake, please take this down. It’s a tiny bit funny, but is so tragic! Geez.