<p>Hey, LTS, curious minds want to know…</p>
<p>Did you happen to be sitting at your computer at the time your daughter sent that note so you could “hang out” for 15 minutes? LOL</p>
<p>As for “hospric triamouse”, I think it’s code of some sort. Hmmm…</p>
<p>Not only was I not sitting at my computer at the time, but it was also the middle of the night for me as I was not, ah, Korea or anywhere near that side of the world at the time. So - hanging out, nope, not happening lol. My child is a complete goof. I love her beyond words, but, she’s a goof.</p>
<p>Here’s one from my S during freshman year. He is in ROTC.</p>
<p>"long story to tell you later, but I’m pretty sure I just lived the most
difficult day of my life.
and its only 5pm…of course my day started at 0430. We are going to
formation and then we will ‘be given further instructions.’
None of us know how many pushups we did, but it was a lot.
Not to mention the time spent on our face or at six inches for flutter
kicks. I’m all beat up and exhausted and i passed out during one exercise,
but it was no big deal. I’ve never passed out before, so that was…uhhh
not cool. Luckily for me my buddies broke my fall so i wasn’t hurt or
anything…oh ok, i g2g, see what else for the day…</p>
<p>hospric triamouse is clearly an anagram. aibarr and family should be able to figure out which words it is an anagram for. What makes the most sense, given what is known of this mom?</p>
<p>Moose chair purist.
A prehistoric sumo.
Irish teacups room.
A prim suitor’s echo.
Euphoric is a storm. (A storm is euphoric?)
His creator’s opium.
Pious choirmaster.
Suits a heroic prom.
Moor haircut spies.
Imports our chaise.
A cushier impostor.
or, most likely
A richer, moist soup.</p>
<p>I am SOOO impressed, Midwest! Cool! A richer, moist soup—I can’t stand it. </p>
<p>PS I just tried to type moist and it came out mpist!</p>
<p>PPS I’m trying to do that one-letter-off-thing, like HAL for IBM from 2001…it’s just not working. I’m not making any sense am I??</p>
<p>This is perfect for Mother’s Day. It reminds me of a great story told at the Admit Day for my son’s college. The question from parents was “What advice do you have for us?” The dean (or someone in a similar capacity) stood up and said “Never Instant Message Your Child”. He then told the story of a student who was presenting a final project on power point who had left his IM application open. Across the screen for everyone to see flashed the words, “Honey, do you still have the runs today?” Needless to say, he earned a nickname that followed him for the rest of his college life!</p>
<p>Haven’t checked out the website yet but can tell from the opening post that I’m guilty on all counts. You mean that’s not normal behavior?</p>
<p>LOL mimk6! That’s hilarious!</p>
<p>This was a great link. We moms have so much in common. I emailed the link to all my kids but will be VERY careful what I write to them from now on…can’t do anything about the past…</p>
<p>I sent an email to my D once that her roommate posted on her Facebook page as a favorite quote. I took that as a compliment because I was TRYING to be amusing.</p>
<p>Some of these are very funny…</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Edit: I just sent the link to some of my friends for Mother’s Day. LOL</p>
<p>iseriouslyhadtolaughoutloudatthelastone! :D</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>LOL… Thanks for the anagrams. =) I actually asked her later, and she had <em>no</em> 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…</p>
<p>Subject: Photos for fun</p>
<p>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;</p>
<p>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</p>
<p>I love this thread - lol - it reminds me of a voicemail message a friend of D’s left for her…</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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. </p>
<p>Then the RSVPs started rolling in. </p>
<p>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…</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>‘hospric triamouse’
Well, the second word seems to be tiramisu. Maybe joyous tiramisu?</p>