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Carpool Conversations

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Things I’ve learned the last few weeks while driving carpool:

  • When you have a heart attack, your lungs clog up. Your heart is located in your neck.

  • If you let your grass grow too high, the governor will come to arrest you.

  • Birthstones are mined at Mount Rushmore, which is in Washington, DC.

This post is a part of Steadymom.com’s Thirty Minute Blog Challenge.

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Comments

  1. Jemi Fraser says

    December 22, 2009 at 3:28 pm

    LOL 🙂 Too bad our city’s too small for carpools. Apparently I’d be a smarter person!

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  2. Karen says

    December 22, 2009 at 3:31 pm

    I am rolling!

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  3. TerryLynnJohnson says

    December 22, 2009 at 4:02 pm

    I love this blog.

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  4. D says

    December 22, 2009 at 4:31 pm

    Who knew that carpool could be so informative? Love it…

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  5. Shannon O'Donnell says

    December 22, 2009 at 5:16 pm

    I am laughing way too hard and way too loud right now! 🙂

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  6. Caroline Starr Rose says

    December 22, 2009 at 5:27 pm

    Glad to hear my crew is so entertaining! One young carpool lady, while watching my boys fuss at one another, asked, “Do your boys ever get in trouble big time?”

    Things are sometimes different when you’re a girl and you have a much-older sister!

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  7. Natalie says

    December 22, 2009 at 7:41 pm

    Ha, ha! So funny Caroline. I love listening to my kids when they don’t know I’m listening!

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  8. Liesl says

    December 22, 2009 at 9:10 pm

    This put a smile on my face. Thanks!

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  9. Tabitha Bird says

    December 22, 2009 at 9:39 pm

    Yes, car pools are interesting little social experiments aren’t they. 🙂

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  10. Sharon Mayhew says

    December 23, 2009 at 3:59 am

    Too funny! My thirteen year old said, “Mom, how do the deer know to cross at the signs?” Seriously, my brilliant (taking two classes one grade level ahead of her rade), well read, novel-writing teenager asked me that.

    Have a great holiday, Caroline.

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  11. Caroline Starr Rose says

    December 23, 2009 at 12:58 pm

    Sharon, I love it! I moved from Saudi Arabia back to the US when I was six. When I saw a deer-crossing sign, I thought it was a picture of a goat!

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  12. Vonna says

    December 23, 2009 at 2:41 pm

    Elementary school conversations were way more entertaining than middle school has been so far. I only cart around boys, so I know more about Warhammer, Halo, Space Hulk, etc. than I ever wanted to know. Sometimes I make them listen to opera just to get even.

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  13. Sharon Mayhew says

    December 23, 2009 at 7:03 pm

    Caroline–That sounds like a good picture book idea…Where Do the Goats Cross, Daddy? multi-cultural/moving to a new country book. 🙂

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