Fold My Laundry Please

When you sit in the front row in Sunday School, you don’t have a whole lot of conversation going on from all sides to distract you.  So when the people behind you start up a rousing discussion, you can pay closer attention to can’t help but hear what they’re saying.  The topic isn’t always of world importance, but it’s usually pretty interesting.  Today, for example, the conversation was particularly amusing and disturbing all at the same time.  Allow me to set the scene.  Lady 1, an elementary school teacher by trade, glances up at the black board, notices the poorly erased lesson from the last class and turns to Lady 2, also an elementary school teacher.

Lady 1:  You know, they would’ve had an easier time erasing their lesson if they had used the proper kind of chalk for this kind of board.

Lady 2:  Chalk is chalk, isn’t it?

1:  Not so.  Some types of boards, such as this one, require a much softer chalk than others.  It’s easier to erase completely that way.

2:  Oh.

1:  I like to eat chalk.

2:  …

1:  Oh yes!  My kids at school think it’s funny to bring their friends over to me and say, "Miss 1?  So-and-so doesn’t believe you like to eat chalk."  And I say, "Oh, no?" and pop a piece right in my mouth and chew it up!  It  REALLY freaks them out!

2:  That freaks me out, too.

1:  They say, "Ewww!  Don’t you know what that stuff’s made of, Miss 1?"  And I say, "Only the calcified remains of teeny tiny sea creatures, that’s all!"  *chuckles*

2:  …

1:  And when they ask me what it tastes like, I tell them, "It tastes like chalk!"

2:  That makes sense.

1:  Oh, I’ve been eating chalk since I was four years old.  I’ve always loved the stuff!

At this point, class started and the conversation, such as it was, was cut short.  I wonder if Lady 1 has ever heard the term pica?  If the Relief Society ever asks me to bring a meal to her, I’ll just send over a basket of clay, chalk, spray starch, and dirt!  Deeeeelicious!

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Today’s mission, should you choose to accept it, is to get right out to the movie theater and immediately see this movie. 

Iron Man.

Was.

AWESOME!!!

It is a rare thing indeed for our ever larger family to get ourselves out to the theater to catch a movie, especially within the first week of opening.  So shuffling everyone out of the car and into a dark cavern outfitted with stadium seating is a major event.  And at 10:30 am on a Saturday morning?  Unheard of!  Jon Favreau is one of my favorite directors and he did not disappoint this time, either.  Why do people go to see superhero movies?  To see our hero’s alter ego suffering through emotional and moral dilemmas?  No!  We go to see the action!  We want mutant powers!  We want high tech gadgets!  We want evil bad guys and strong female supports!  We want gold and hot rod red mechanical bio-suits!  And Favreau delivered right from the get go.  He even managed to fit in a brief history of Tony Stark without having the audience nod off.  And Robert Downey, Jr.?  Spot on, my friends!  And looking rather handsome, as well.  The rumor is that Iron Man makes a cameo appearance in the new Hulk movie and that there are plans to make an entire trilogy of Iron Man movies.  After today’s performance, I will gladly go and see each and every one of those!

What are you doing still sitting there?

Go. See. It. Now!

Humor-Blogs.com wishes it was cool enough to wear armor like that!