RE: [ihc] Ed's great quips

["Ed Sohm" <idaemes@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Joel,

Good to know I made somebody laugh.

That is one of the last lines of the song isn't it?  I feel like a
loser. That song does have some good lines though. "blue-eyed blonde
with her shoes on wrong 'cause she likes to dress herself" happens every
day at my house.  She won't admit it, sneaks away to fix them and then
denies that they were on wrong.  

I've been waiting for years for them to get old enough to "help" in the
shop.  My wife has been waiting for years for them to be out from
underfoot while she works in the house.  That day is finally here.  We
have a lot of fun, all four of us. I keep losing short chunks of chain
and bungee straps though.  They get nailed to boards with fence staples
to make tails on pet dogs, cats, cows, and horses or just laid around as
pet snakes. All named some permutation of Frank (Francisco,
Frankenstein, frank, Francine, Franklin.....) 

The problem is that we have another child due on 7/31.  We'll be back to
square one.  Any ideas for names? It is a boy and Scout is being
contemplated for his middle name. Frank or any variant of it is not an
option. 

Ed



-----Original Message-----
From: owner-ihc@domain.elided [mailto:owner-ihc@domain.elided] On Behalf Of
Joel M Brodsky
Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2004 11:40 AM
To: ihc@domain.elided
Subject: [ihc] Ed's great quips


Ed,
      This painted the cutest picture in my mind.  Kind of
cartoon-esque,
and when I got to the
kiss-owwies I had to let the whole office know how funny it was with a
good, healthy guffaw.
Ever heard the song: "My front porch looking in"?  When you said you
wouldn't have it any other way,
your whole story wrapped up into a country song.  Nice job!

Thanks for waking me up this morning!

JoelB

Date: Tue, 25 May 2004 10:50:38 -0500
From: "Ed Sohm" <idaemes@domain.elided>
Subject: RE: [ihc] RE:
<snip>
  Did I mention that I have a 6 y/o son
who is building a robot (in appearance only, he is smart, but not that
smart) and requires help to run power tools.  There is also the 4 y/o
daughter who occasionally needs help getting her creeper through the
maze of jack stands so she can lay under the vehicle I am working on and
shine the trouble light in my eyes so I can see better.  I also have to
occasionally break from my work to judge bike vs. trike races, kiss
owwies, or put a pretty back in hair.  Then the wife wants the weed
eater started.  I think she is getting a rechargeable one with the
easily replaceable strips of string for Mother's day.  Of course we are
on ambulance duty most every weekend so I can't get dirty or run to the
neighboring town for longer bolts.

I don't get much done, but I wouldn't have it any other way. <g>


Ed Sohm
Battle Creek, IA

'71 800 B
'74 200 4X4 Travelette Camper Special
+ a bunch more