tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post2806975513397365846..comments2024-03-15T14:47:21.170-04:00Comments on Lemon Gloria: Bagpipers, backhoes, and plastic thingiesLemon Gloriahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07280085058516960260noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-83693448731260775842011-05-05T16:27:09.855-04:002011-05-05T16:27:09.855-04:00Worchestershire sauce will forever be known as &qu...Worchestershire sauce will forever be known as "Peep peep" sauce in our house due to an unfortunate incident where my brother screamed bloody murder for it until my dad went to the cupboard and held him so he could point to what he wanted. I love my family.Katehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01542230897888388433noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-78246911416667037412011-05-04T18:53:29.534-04:002011-05-04T18:53:29.534-04:00I love how excited children are about life and tea...I love how excited children are about life and teaching them new words is fun. What else would you call the plastic thingy?Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16371041172350253503noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-45453606181729885082011-05-04T00:25:22.697-04:002011-05-04T00:25:22.697-04:00In the corner of their kitchen, my parents have a ...In the corner of their kitchen, my parents have a beautiful, handmade wooden cabinet that was passed down through the family. It stands about 4.5 feet high and maybe 2.5 feet wide and 2.5 feet deep. The bottom half has shallow drawers for storage; the top half is one large cabinet that contains a built-in, 2-level lazy suzan. My mom uses it as a pantry of sorts, mostly holding canned/dry goods. When my parents inherited this lovely piece of furniture and put it into our kitchen (I was quite young at the time), no one quite knew what to call it. "Cabinet" was too ambiguous--we had many cabinets. One day, when helping my mom cook dinner, she needed something out of the lazy-suzan portion of this particular cabinet. She turned her head over her shoulder as she busied herself chopping vegetables, and said, "Sweetie, would you get me a can of olives out of the whirly-gig?"<br /><br />From that day forward, that cabinet was permanently known as "the whirly-gig." Call it by any other name, and no one in the house will know what in hell you're talking about, but mention "whirly-gig," and we all know exactly which cabinet you mean.<br /><br />I'd say "plastic thingy" is just as good as "whirly-gig"...as long as you're discriminating. Too many "plastic thingies" and everyone's bound to get confused. :)Karennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-84150349235513712972011-04-30T23:47:51.547-04:002011-04-30T23:47:51.547-04:00Plastic thingy, ok, fine, I trust 100% that you...Plastic thingy, ok, fine, I trust 100% that you'll know what he's talking about. Just remember to hip the sitter!tamater sammichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11079343206229909686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2117136912052729666.post-81897643922753730392011-04-29T16:21:52.461-04:002011-04-29T16:21:52.461-04:00I've just got to say, I think this is the todd...I've just got to say, I think this is the toddler equivalent of saying "Because I said so, that's why!" Not that I see anything AT ALL wrong with saying either of those things.Stephanie Mnoreply@blogger.com