Well, mothers are a part of our genealogy endeavors! > From: "Carole Watkins" <[email protected]> > Reply-To: [email protected] > Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 07:52:40 -0700 > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [ROLL CALL] WHAT IS A MOTHER > Resent-From: [email protected] > Resent-Date: Sun, 8 May 2005 08:52:41 -0600 > > This may be what some call "off-topic", but I really laughed at this one and > enjoyed > it tremendously! Happy Mommy's Day to all of us! > > Cheers, > > Carole Watkins > Rocklin, California > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Steve Franklin" <[email protected]> > To: <[email protected]> > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2005 6:45 AM > Subject: [ROLL CALL] WHAT IS A MOTHER > > >> THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES: >> >> Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and 4 kids >> each for six weeks. >> >> Each kid will play two sports and either take music or dance classes. >> >> There is no fast food. >> >> Each man must take care of his 4 kids; keep his assigned house clean, >> correct all homework, complete science projects, cook, do laundry, and >> pay a list of "pretend" bills with not enough money. >> >> In addition...each man will have to budget in money for groceries each >> week. >> >> Each man must also take each child to a doctor's appointment, a dentist >> appointment, and an appointment for a haircut. He must also make >> cookies or cupcakes for a social function. >> >> Each man will be responsible for decorating his own assigned house, >> planting flowers outside and keep it presentable at all times. >> >> The men will only have access to television when the kids are asleep >> and all chores are done. >> >> There is only one TV between them. >> >> Each father will be required to know all of the words to every stupid >> song that comes on TV and the name of each and every repulsive character >> on cartoons. >> >> The men must shave their legs, wear makeup daily, which they will apply >> themselves either while driving or making four lunches. >> >> They must adorn themselves with jewelry, wear uncomfortable yet >> stylish shoes, keep their nails polished and eyebrows groomed. >> >> During one of the six weeks, they will have to endure severe stomach >> cramps, back aches, and have extreme, unexplained mood swings but >> never once complain or slow down from other duties. >> >> They must attend weekly PTA meetings, church, and find time at least >> once to spend the afternoon at the park or a similar setting. >> >> He will need to pray with the children each night, bathe them, dress >> them, brush their teeth and comb their hair each morning by 7:00. >> >> A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will >> be required to know all of the following information: each child's >> birthday, height, weight, shoe size, clothes size and doctor's name. >> Also the child's weight at birth, length, time of birth, and length of >> labor, >> each child's favorite color, middle name, >> favorite snack, favorite song, favorite drink, favorite toy, biggest >> fear and what they want to be when they grow up. >> >> They must clean up after their sick children at 3:00 a.m. and then >> spend the remainder of the day tending to that child and waiting on >> them hand and foot until they are better. >> >> Each man will have to make an Indian hut model with six toothpicks, >> a tortilla and one marker; and get a 4 year old to eat a serving of peas. >> >> The kids vote them off the island based on performance. >> >> The last man wins only if ... he still has enough energy to be intimate >> with >> his spouse at a moment's notice.. >> >> If the last man does win, he can play the game over and over and over >> again for the next 18-25 years ... eventually earning the right to be >> called >> >> Mother! >> >> Happy Mother's Day!! >> >> >> >> ==== IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS Mailing List ==== >> Welcome to the Ireland Roll Calls Mailing List >> Search the list's archives: >> http://archiver.rootsweb.com/th/index/ireland-roll-calls >> >> > > > > ==== IRELAND-ROLL-CALLS Mailing List ==== > To Unsubcribe from L: mailto:[email protected] > To Unsubscribe from D: mailto:[email protected] > Put the single word 'unsubscribe' in the message subject and body > >