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BandTMom
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So the boy and I go to Waldenbooks to buy him a new "Captain Underpants" book. A kinda large male employee greeted us.
"Hello, I'm _____ and it is my goal in life to service you."
It was all I could do to keep from falling in the floor and rolling around in laughter.
What are some things that have happened to you where it was almost impossible to keep a straight face but you knew you had to?
[Edited on 4/4/2009 11:12 PM]
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| Apr 4 @ 10:27 PM |
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youbetcha
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It's hard to believe that there is a cartoon character called Captain Underpants 
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| Apr 4 @ 10:43 PM |
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blueyes101
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I always wait for the gal behind the counter in the gas station, ask me if I have gas......... I always reply the same.......... " That's kind of personal isn't it ". 
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| Apr 4 @ 10:46 PM |
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BandTMom
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It's a book series, YB.
And there's a web site too, here.
Captain Underpants opened my boy's eyes to the joy of reading. 
Come on, folks. I know you have some funny stories. 
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| Apr 4 @ 10:54 PM |
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youbetcha
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Captain underpants did WHAT for your boy   sorry, but I just can't get with that program 
Let's just say I told SE that I was highly tempted to answer for her when people were asking what kind of rocks she had for sale today...I wanted to say it was Kryptonite
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| Apr 4 @ 10:57 PM |
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JenRNinOhio
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The great thing about wearing a surgical mask.....
In the OR for an emergency C-Section on a locally famous newcaster, married to a NFL line backer.
Baby was out & healthy & crying in Dad's arms. Then he grabbed me & pushing his newborn son toward me said, "You'd better take this".
I got a grasp on the baby just as all 320 lbs of line backer hit the floor.
Maybe it was one of those, "You had to be there" kind of things.
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| Apr 4 @ 11:00 PM |
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BandTMom
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I've done the eye-roll, snicker thing behind the mask too, Jen.
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| Apr 4 @ 11:03 PM |
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missliss78
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The only story that immediately comes to my mind was the time when I first married.....I was 18 years old. 
We were temporarily living with my husband's grandmother while waiting on our house to come open. During this time, I prepared dinner each nite & we all sat down to eat together.
Out of the blue one evening, she informed us quite innocently that she'd just that day heard of "oral sex...can you tell me what that's all about" she said.
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| Apr 4 @ 11:05 PM |
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BandTMom
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And you didn't laugh??
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| Apr 4 @ 11:10 PM |
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Loreli
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When I first started my job in 1980, we had "service talks", where all employees were called together, and changes, announcements, safety were discussed with our top boss.
In one of the first such talks I was at, this boss, quite straight-faced, talked about moving anything too heavy....
He said "If you can't do it without strain, go get a hand job"
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| Apr 4 @ 11:12 PM |
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BandTMom
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I bet that brought down the house.
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| Apr 4 @ 11:13 PM |
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signme
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I had to have cortisone shots in my foot. Our ass't principal asked me if I was fixed now. I just stared at him until he realized what he said. Then he turned red and I said my foot was yes and so were my cats, but I personally wasn't fixed!
Edited for typo.
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| Apr 4 @ 11:14 PM |
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BandTMom
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See, I knew you guys had some good ones.
Sometimes when we can't laugh at the moment, we laugh even harder when we can.
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| Apr 4 @ 11:14 PM |
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blueyes101
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I remember a gal talking about a book she read, she had been drinking, and was explaining how a HUGE octopus wrapped it's testicles around a ship and pulled it under.....
I also love when dumb people use big words they do not pronounce correctly, or use them incorrectly. 
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| Apr 4 @ 11:18 PM |
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signme
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We used to have a conduct book at school that the kids signed when they misbehaved. One little guy went home and told his mom he had to sign the condom book at school. Caused a bit of reaction, ya know???
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| Apr 4 @ 11:20 PM |
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Jankia
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I couldnt keep a straight face and neither could the rest of the congregation when during the childrens portion of the service...after the preacher told he kids to take a few palms back to the pews for their parents to have,one boy said rather loudly...
I'll just take one palm with me because dad was to tired to come to church after his card game last night.
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| Apr 4 @ 11:21 PM |
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blueyes101
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I also remember working with Kim who's husband was a surgeon, we had a temp ( Jill ) in the office that day, and Jill was stone white with fear as she handed Kim a note stating she had to pick their daughter up that day, because her husband was going in for emergency surgery. And all Kim said was......... " oh thanks " and threw the note away .........
If I didn't write that correctly, the temp had no idea Kim's husband was a Surgeon.
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| Apr 4 @ 11:24 PM |
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BandTMom
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My boy is very curious and always asking questions.
One day, totally serious, he asked, "Mom, have I ever have amonia (pneumonia)?"
No, Honey, You've never had pneumonia."
"Mom, have I ever had cancer?"
I was hard to answer as I was smothering giggles.
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| Apr 4 @ 11:37 PM |
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blueyes101
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I always get a kick out the NASCAR announcers as they report how hard the guys are working in the pits, cuz they added a few rubbers or a round or two of wedge to Jeff's rear end, cause it keeps getting looser as the race goes on. 
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| Apr 4 @ 11:48 PM |
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missliss78
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And you didn't laugh??
Mom...ya know, I do not recall exactly how we dealt with that little situation, but I do recall I felt like slithering UNDER the dinner table!
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