Swing Pusher’s photo finish!
Sorry about that you guys: I totally forgot to enlighten you with the results for the Grossest Person at the Playground Poll! How could I do such a thing?
Well, it was a close race. I thought A-Hole on the swing (Remember? “Is that a swing for retarded people?”) was going to get it for sure. He’s the one I think I would have cast my ballot for. But no! At the last moment A-Hole pushing the swing busted into first place by the narrow margin of one little vote. To refresh your memories, he was the one who wouldn’t stop pushing his daughter really high on the swing despite the fact that she was crying for him to stop.
Of the beautifully classy group, dude teaching his son to pee on the fence received no votes, a few of you expressed extreme disdain for the smoking parents, and, like I said, the two swinging A-holes had very special places in your hearts. Ah, a lovely day at the park . . . I hope none of you experience anything like it any time soon.
BTW, on our way out of the zoo yesterday (Father’s Day outing) we walked by a very, VERY pregnant woman lighting up. Aaaawesome.
too funny! Is it too much information for me to share that in my pre-parent days, I attended a Halloween party dressed as a (and it shames me to type it now) white-trash pregnant woman. I had a fully inflated punch-ball under my top, a lit cig and a 40 ouncer of Schlitz in my hands. The early party guests howled with laughter. The later (longer partying) guests tried to pull me aside and slurred warnings of smoking and drinking while expecting.
In real life? No where near as funny.
Love your blog, adding yours to mine!
Is like the scene in Hairspray (the more recent version) that shows two preggo women sitting at a bar toasting each other with champagne glasses, and puffing away. Glamerous!
Wow - that was tough call - what a colorful park day you had!!
That is okay, as we were leaving my daughter’s camp today, I was pointing out to another mom (who is a close friend) what roller blades look like (versus roller skates - okay, I know, I was kinda shocked too that she didn’t know, but. .. ) and the teenage boy managed to grumble and look up in shook and horror and exlaim (in front of all of our 5 and 7 year old kids) - “Dude - really? You don’t know what blades are? Wow - man - I’m sorry for you kid (of course that was spoken to her adorable 7 year old daughter)”. Simply amazing, huh?
oh, that sucks. I think that is just terrible. I was a smoker at one time in my life, and I know that quitting was one of the hardest things I have ever done. But for my babies, in a heartbeat. Poor babies.
I remember hearing a pregnant woman defend her smoking. She said her doctor told her it would be “too stressful” to quit smoking during pregnancy, and the stress would hurt her baby more than the smoke.
Either she was lying through her teeth or her doctor got his degree out of a cereal box.
My sister smoked with all 4 of her pregnancies and she still acts like there was nothing wrong with it…I’m pretty sure she’s probably got that bumper sticker that says “at least I’m allowed to smoke in my car.” Geesh.
I don’t even remember who I voted for anymore… They are all so bad.
It’s hard to believe that some people still feel that it’s okay to smoke while pregnant. Maybe if their parents did it they feel like they can too. Who knows. It is upsetting to see for sure.
Ah, the park. Awesome. And this is why my yard is full of playground equipment - so we never had to leave the safety of our garden.