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October 13, 2008
Sunday Snippets
The junior high kids meet at a separate building during Sunday School, so we drop Finn off first.
“We’ll meet you in the parking lot after church,” Bill said as Finn got out of the car, reaching back into the rear seat to poke Porter one more time.
Unlike his brothers, Drew was already in the appropriate mood.
“Goodbye, brethren,” Drew said.
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At dinner Porter tucked his napkin into the collar of his shirt and held up his pinky finger.
“I’m being fancy,” he said.
“Where did you learn that?” Bill asked.
“SpongeBob. But this isn’t fancy in China. It means you’re flicking someone off. Fancy here, the opposite in China.” He took a huge bite of hamburger.
Is he really learning cultural distinctions on SpongeBob, or what? Inquiring minds want to know. He and Drew already think the Great Wall is held together with sticky white rice, and won’t be persuaded otherwise until they see it in person.
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Porter and Drew were perusing their popcorn order forms for Cub Scouts. They’ve had the forms for over a month and have yet to sell a single kernel.
“I want to sell at least $300 worth so I can get a water gun and a compass,” Porter said.
“I don’t see how you’re going to do that,” Drew told him. “We don’t even know how to fill out the forms.”
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October 13th, 2008 at 2:29 pm, Haley Says:
My 3yo daughter is regularly fancy like that. We have only SpongeBob to thank. Although I cannot confirm that’s a rude gesture in China. Either I haven’t seen that episode or they’ve picked that up somewhere else. You’ll truly amaze your sons if you tell them, “When in doubt, pinky out.”
October 13th, 2008 at 3:38 pm, Joy East of theKingdom Says:
I made a deal with the kids…we donate and volunteer so much at school, it was decided that we will not participate in any fundraisers. What ever junk they want to “earn”, I will consider buying for them instead. Saves the headache.
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October 13th, 2008 at 7:24 pm, Email From The Embassy Says:
Hey there - I live in China, and I don’t know about the pinky thing. I’ll try it out in the supermarket today and let you know how it goes.
I can, however, assure the brethren that the Great Wall is not stuck together with rice. We’ve dragged our kids there on several occasions, and I can confirm that the wall goes on and on and on, with not a speck of rice in sight. It does have a cool tobaggan you can race down after spending hours whining to your parents about how boring this big dumb ole wall is.
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October 14th, 2008 at 11:55 am, momumo Says:
I just love snippets! Makes me feel normal for some reason… maybe my life is snippets?
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