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Happy Fatherhood Friday Everyone...where this weeks theme is:

"The Start of the School Year" Take the big yellow bus on over

to DAD-BLOGS. C'mon, you know you wanna read the coolest blog posts alive...especially when it comes to reliving your own school daze!

I remember the first day of school, feeling so excited that I had on my new clothes, my new shoes, new pencils, new binders, new backpack...and was about to embark on a new journey...one where I would walk proud, chin up, carrying my new Partridge Family lunch box onto the yard and be the coolest kid around. SCREEEECH!.

Partridge Family lunch box??

No matter how hip the clothes, could you imagine today...Going anywhere with a Partridge Family lunch box? Unless you are a girl. (contrary to popular belief, I am not one). Although, if a vintage one, and you made like $300 bucks for it on EBay, who would be laughing now? Eh?

Sometimes, as many have said, throughout the generations...Kids can say the darnedest things. However, as we all know, they can also "repeat" the worst words, phrases and slogans. Most times it can be cute as hell, but this? This is maddening: "HUH?"

Since I was a kid I have despised this word. My Mother, Teachers, Neighbors, etc, would always exclaim to me and my brothers: "Huh is NOT a word". I hated them for it.

Like in school, when I hadda go pee pee...chest up, look the teacher straight in the eye, raise arm in the air and ask: "Teacher, can I go to the bathroom?" Miss Scankey responds (yes, that was the name of my first grade teacher)...anyway, Miss Scankey says: "Yes you can David"...so, I get up to go...and Miss Scankey then asks: "David, where do you think you are going?"

"HUH?" You said I could go to the bathroom, Miss Scankey"

Teacher responds: "HUH IS NOT A WORD" and..."Yes, I said you CAN go to the restroom, however, I did not say you MAY go to the restroom. Of course, everyone CAN go to the bathroom, but you David, MAY only go if you ask correctly"!

"HUH?" (cue entire class laughing at my expense. And I am about to piss my pants). Finally figuring it out, after being thoroughly humiliated, I made it to the restroom in time. But, after that, I NEVER forgot to use the word MAY when asking, and never, ever, ever never, "HUH'd" again in class!

And, I have ALWAYS appreciated my Teachers since. (Once I had realized the lesson learned, of course). Now? Seems I have gone through a state of regression. Anyone know of a good punctuation, grammar and creative writing class? I think my blog may be suffering LOL!

Anyway, we have no clue where Bella picked this one up. Oh sure, we slang it, we gibberish at times, we have our own silly phrases and words that Bella repeats and giggles...and we laugh. But "HUH"...UH UH, Dunno where she got it. Just about every time we ask for her, she responds now with "HUH"...GAWD I Hate that word. And, for some reason, it seems that much more grinding on the ears when a 3 year old says it...Arrrgh!

I will tell you this, by the time she starts school in two year, HUH, and CAM VS MAY will be deeply seeded in her memory. She will know within that two years, how and when to use the proper phrases... Of course, by then, one can only shudder at the thought of "those" words she will be learning in school. Even back when I was in school, all those years ago, I recall vividly, the glee and pride I felt when I learned a new word. (Bad words were the most fun!)

That is for another post!

Peace!

I'd emailed this contact, after seeing it on my Shankman buddy's HARO email. "Help a Reporter Out". They were looking for Stay At Home Moms & Dads.

Check it out, and help us all out. We need this exposure :-)

"David! Thanks for the reply – we LOVE your blog and website!!

We finally finished our survey for the book and would love for you to participate! Here’s the link:

Bella loves to sit on Daddy's lap while I read the various blog comments, stories and such. So, she is very aware of her blogger buddies...and of course, some of the coolest names. She repeats them over and over, until she feels she has them down. (sometimes takes awhile)... I need to get some on video...you ain't never heard the funnies like when Bella verbalizes "Weasel Momma!" HA!

Bella has a new catch phrase...(dunno WHERE she keeps coming up with these)...anyhoo....the new one is...

No Joke. She has many others, as her favorite thing to do is Talk...Talk back...Talk loud. Talk Soft. Talk to her Dolls. Talk to the dogs, talk to the ...well, um, er, ahem, you get the idea...

And speaking of...no joke when I tell you to skip on over to DAD_BLOGS.

Fun friends, cool camaraderie and positively pun-tastic pals. HAPPY FATHERHOOD FRIDAY!