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laundry_queen

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22. IKR?

Thu Apr 2, 2015, 12:23 AM

Apr 2015

as a parent, I have a hard time punishing my kids (I still DO, I just cry with them, LOL) without feeling horrible - and that's when they deserve it because they've done something awful. I simply cannot imagine causing them that much distress and finding it FUNNY. The closest I've come is when my oldest was 13 months and I put her in the playpen so I could fold clothes without her pulling them down. She started whining and fussing and pressing her face up against the mesh with her mouth open and tongue hanging out. Her mesh-pressed faces were so funny her dad and I couldn't stop laughing. I even managed to snap a few pictures. But then after a few minutes she got really upset and started crying so she got picked up and the clothes folding had to wait.

Anyway, the topic just reminded me of that one time. But I would never CAUSE my kid to be upset and think it was hilarious. I cannot watch those Kimmel bits. Makes me sad for the kids.

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I like to think I generally have a pretty good sense of humor, but... [View all] MANative Apr 2015 OP

I live my life like everyday is April Fool's Day. PersonNumber503602 Apr 2015 #1

Now that made me grin. MANative Apr 2015 #3

Alas, so few pets really get practical jokes. merrily Apr 2015 #8

True. Enthusiast Apr 2015 #9

My dog just rolls his eyes now whenever I pretend to be eaten by the closet monster. PersonNumber503602 Apr 2015 #17

Can you really blame him? That one is so old, Henry VIII rolled his eyes when the court jester merrily Apr 2015 #19

Practical jokes are a special form of humor, but I imagine some of us will have fun with them. merrily Apr 2015 #2

I've never been particularly good at devising them... MANative Apr 2015 #4

I have never tried to devise one, except maybe saying something silly that I don't really mean, merrily Apr 2015 #5

Now, those Kimmel ones are just plain cruel... MANative Apr 2015 #6

Not to mention finding inflicting needless pain on one's own offspring hilarious. merrily Apr 2015 #7

IKR? laundry_queen Apr 2015 #22

Difference being, you did not push her face into the mesh to get yourself a laugh merrily Apr 2015 #24

I agree. laundry_queen Apr 2015 #27

I think parents learn pretty quickly what their kids' fake cry sounds like. merrily Apr 2015 #28

Hey, I was just thinking that. It doesn't mean we don't have Cha Apr 2015 #10

Agreed! Lurks Often Apr 2015 #11

But even unfunny people trying to be funny has some value in culture. tridim Apr 2015 #13

Big Jimmy Kimmel fan, are ya? Major Hogwash Apr 2015 #25

Nope. tridim Apr 2015 #31

we serve a lotta soup druidity33 Apr 2015 #12

My Aunt, no joke, used to put chicken feet into her chicken soup, something some merrily Apr 2015 #29

Me too. bigwillq Apr 2015 #14

I hate it online but not in real life where it's funny... Phentex Apr 2015 #15

It's just not original. Pull a prank on Prank Day NightWatcher Apr 2015 #16

My prank totally didn't work today gratuitous Apr 2015 #18

AFD is like a "meh" holiday to me Jamaal510 Apr 2015 #20

Yeah, I'm not a fan laundry_queen Apr 2015 #21

Message auto-removed Name removed Apr 2015 #23

So sorry about your Dad. No death of a loved one is easy. But having it coincide merrily Apr 2015 #30

Same here, there's a lot of cruelty masquerading as humor. Warpy Apr 2015 #26