paying3tuitions

Sharing an idea: I just sent this link to 3 of my buddies whom I know will be empty nesters on Mothers' Day. That way, they'll have some emails to read when their own kids don't call soon enough, often enough, or long enough to keep them happy.

mommusic

I guess this is the next new way to bug your kids, after answering machine messages. There is a woman who wrote a book on the crazy, super-detailed, helicopterish things her mom said on her answering machine...she saved them all and got a book and now a one-woman touring show out of it! Amy's Answering Machine is the name of it.

Edit: I just sent the link to some of my friends for Mother's Day. LOL

Melsmom

iseriouslyhadtolaughoutloudatthelastone!

SBmom

My Dad once left a message on my answering machine that was about 20 minutes long. He had a whole one-sided conversation to mock me never calling home. My friends would come over and request it-- we'd shake with laughter.

aibarr

LOL... Thanks for the anagrams. =) I actually asked her later, and she had *no* recollection of typing "hospric triamouse", so I think it's lost to the great ether of her head. I got a gem from her the other day, though, so I had to share...

Subject: Photos for fun

Dear Daughter, I am trying to master the process of storing and sending photographs. I have never done this before so I have no idea if it will work or not. But you are my first try. Here goes;

OOPS! That did not work it printed it to the printer instead! I will persist! Say hi to your cousins for me, OK?
Lots of love,
MOM

latetoschool

I love this thread - lol - it reminds me of a voicemail message a friend of D's left for her....

I threw a party for her for high school graduation. I HATE vanilla off the shelf invitation cards - well - I actually hate any sort of commercial greeting card, but, long story short, I wanted to send customized invitiations, and so that is what I did. D said I could. The list of invited guests included a mix of mentors, friends, etc. So I plagiarized from CC a lot of provocative questions, such as "should our students be taught to read the Koran" etc. (Keep in mind this was hs graduating class 2002 so you can imagine the robust incendiary source material I had to chose from - my biggest problem was what to leave out.) I did add a few original thoughts of my own but mostly I simply stole from other parents on CC. I put the questions, phrases and statements on the front, back, and inside left panels of the invitation, with the details of the party on the inside right panel, and sent the stuff out.

I thought I did a wonderful job - it was in the colors of her college, and it looked just awesome. So in the mail the things went, and D distributed some at school, with disclaimers about the content.

Then the RSVPs started rolling in.

One young man - a highly ranked, normally very articulate student - headed for JHS - called and left a message that went something like this: Hi. I, received an invitation - well - at least I think maybe it's an invitation - to a graduation party. If that's what it is, I want to come. If that's not what is, please let me know. I'm pretty sure it must be an invitation - but it's sort of confusing, and hard to tell. I mean, it has all this...this...this...well...CRAP...and just totally weird stuff written all over the front and back of it...just a lot of weird ramblings...well hopefully I at least get it's supposed to be an invitation...

It's a lot funnier if you have the audio to go with it - incredulous overtones, emphasis on the descriptive words lol. We laughed so hard - we replayed that message over and over, and for college graduation I didn't even send invitations, just stuck to safe ground telephone/email.

Karen Colleges

'hospric triamouse'
Well, the second word seems to be tiramisu. Maybe joyous tiramisu?