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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 08:50 AM
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Being a grandfather ain't as easy as it looks sometimes...
Sometimes you have to really think quickly, to answer those very hard questions about life, that those grandsons ask you right out of the blue. Like this morning, my grandson and I got up and turned on the TV. The 13 year old lad went to surfing the channels and there were TV preachers on almost every channel, screaming and yelling and making faces, all sounding pretty much the same crazy out of control way. My grandson ask, why those full grown men were yelling and screaming and jumping around like terra-ists.

I thought for a second and I decided the boy was old enough to hear the truth, so I said, "Son, I guess it just beats the hell out of really working for a living!"
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SoFlaJet Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 08:54 AM
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1. BWAHHH
good answer Gramps-but ain't it great to HAVE a grandson? Mine is my best friend and he's only 1 and a half-we have another one due in May-a boy and he'll also be my best I'm sure
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jarab Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 09:00 AM
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3. Our grandchildren think we walk on water ...
and we're not gonna tell em any different.

...O...
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 09:03 AM
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5. I have two grandsons and two granddaughters.
I have a great time when they come to visit. They are all my pals.
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HereSince1628 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 08:59 AM
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2. Hey, performing religious entertainment _is_ working, hard working
Really. It's quite demanding aerobically. That's why they are always huffing and puffing, between bites of the good life.
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JustABozoOnThisBus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 09:02 AM
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4. grandfathering is demanding, aromatically
hey, kid, pull my finger.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 09:13 AM
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6. I saw what you mean...
James Brown on his best day, couldn't have kept up with that one guy's stage moves.

The guy danced and jived full bore, for twenty minutes straight and then panhandled for another ten!

When the preacher went to asking for cash the grandkids started hitting me up for my spare change too.
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 09:20 AM
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7. I cannot watch them
Kudos for your tolerance level. That's one intelligent youngster.
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Hubert Flottz Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 09:23 AM
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8. He makes straight As
And beats me fishing sometimes!
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malaise Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 10:07 AM
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9. Bet you're real proud of him
There's hope for the future.
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madokie Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 10:09 AM
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10. its a means to an end
no doubt
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Jonathan50 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sun Feb-18-07 10:41 AM
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11. Three grandkids
Two granddaughters, one grandson.

Six, four and just turned three.

Yep, we have a great time.
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