Yeah. Good Times.: I finally figured out a way to get this kid to listen to me

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Tuesday, October 11, 2011

I finally figured out a way to get this kid to listen to me

Before I begin, watch this; it's only a minute long:

Exactly.

So, the other day I'm standing in my bedroom and I'm trying to get Child 2 to come upstairs and get dressed, because we had to be somewhere. It was much like the above video, which I always think about during moments like this. I don't need to elaborate. YOU guys know what I'm talking about.

I yelled a bunch of times and still nothing; he was lying on the stairs moaning about something or other, I don't know. I was getting pissed.

Suddenly I look at the TV that's right in front of me; there's a movie on, I don't know what, but things were blowing up and people were dying.

I had an idea.

Win?

Edit: Whoever posted this to their Facebook account, thank you! I'm getting slammed with visits. Can anybody tell me how that happened? I'll, uh.... draw you a shitty picture if you do!

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lancecake 59p · 702 weeks ago

I wish I could talk like Louis CK. The man is brilliant. I would be divorced and my kids would hate me.

awesome

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chosenchaos 93p · 702 weeks ago

You got to do what you got to do!! Love the video too... I don't feel so bad for thinking this now!
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Amanda · 702 weeks ago

I love that bit by Louis CK. That is so our house. It plays through my head on a loop some days.
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jillsmo 103p · 702 weeks ago

Mine, too. Especially the "that kid is a fucking asshole"

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Brandon · 702 weeks ago

...I'm sorry, did you say something?

*BOOBS*

Oh. Hi. Yes, I completely agree. Nothing frustrates me more than a distracted child. Especially being a 'phonecall' daddy. If they're watching TV when I call, I can't get a word in edge-wise. And if I ask their mom to turn off the TV, it's like I just blasphemed the Lord's name....

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Megs · 702 weeks ago

OMG I think you are brilliant... now I must find a movie with appropreate violence and run in only in the bedroom.

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jillsmo 103p · 702 weeks ago

I think it was Red, with Bruce Willis

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Misty · 702 weeks ago

thank you for that little tid bit, that's awesome and I intend to use it often. I have 2 autistic kids (and a six year old that's not, spooky, right?) and getting them ready to get out the door is a pain sometimes...

oh, and Moms Who Drink and Swear is the one who posted your blog on facebook...I shared it, of course :)

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BellaVidaLetty · 702 weeks ago

lol Hi, I found this link on Moms who Drink & Swear FB page. That's probably where the hits are from.
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Tracy · 702 weeks ago

Nicole Knepper of "moms who drink and swear" posted it on her fb page, she has a sick [sick as in hells alots o' peeps] following (i'm one of them).

I want a cartoon drawing, please!

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jillsmo 103p · 702 weeks ago

Of course! What would you like?

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steve bailey · 702 weeks ago

haha.... also works for lazy gun enthusiasts too....

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@about100percent · 702 weeks ago

It's like this scenario plays on a loop over and over in my house. Except both of my kids can be assholes. I'm pretty sure they learned all their moves from my husband. Ha ha, wrong. They learned them from me. Love this post!

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notthatkendall 12p · 702 weeks ago

TV violence is a total win, since actual violence is illegal.

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justjenannhall 53p · 702 weeks ago

Hahahaha! Showed my hubby and he hahahaha'd too! And then, I posted it on my facebook! You're welcome.

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Lisa · 702 weeks ago

Hilarious! Thank you for giving me something to think about during those moments!

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@wombatcentral · 702 weeks ago

Makes me feel better about the times when I turn the corner and say "Shut the fuck up" under my breath.
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tvernooy 25p · 702 weeks ago

Hahahaha!!!! So so true! Both you and Louis CK! If my son refuses to get out the door I look out the window and yell "Look Rabid Man-Eating Squirrels!" Works every time. (It works on the husband too).
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Christian at PCPPP · 702 weeks ago

I have a similar strategy but yell out "Hey look, Cookies!" instead.

It still takes the kid forever to get into the room so by the time he does, I've forgotten what I was doing and when he asks about the cookies I end up responding with "Cookies!?!? Where?" We then go run off to my wife to find out where the cookies are.

I think your strategy is better.
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jillsmo 103p · 702 weeks ago

yeah, but.... yours has cookies

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Rebecca · 702 weeks ago

I love Louis CK! My kid is still too young to implement this trick. Right now I use the OMG MOM WENT MAD!!!! SHE IS VOMITING CRAZY EVERYWHERE trick! He's two so I don't think he understands that yet either... :)
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Janene · 702 weeks ago

Ha ha! Love it. And I DID get here from a Facebook 'like.' Oh, the power of the internet...
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Stacey · 702 weeks ago

Louis CK understands children so well.
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Cheryl D. · 702 weeks ago

HAHA! But that doesn't work with my daughter.

Damn!
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blogginglily 73p · 702 weeks ago

I will use this tomorrow morning at breaksfast.

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jillsmo 103p · 702 weeks ago

And then report back!!!

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blogginglily 73p · 702 weeks ago

pfft, you're not the boss of me.

Wait. . . ARE you the boss of me? Hmm.

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jillsmo 103p · 702 weeks ago

I AM THE BOSS OF YOU!!!

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blogginglily 73p · 702 weeks ago

hmph
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blogginglily 73p · 702 weeks ago

oh. . . and I don't like how this ID thingy presents "My recent post Trick-or-Tree". It makes me look like a comment whoring blog hijacker. So i have to turn it off.

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blogginglily 73p · 702 weeks ago

It's bothering me that my "reputation score" is 4p. I don't even know what that means, but it seems wayyyyy to low for a reputation like mine. It can't help that I just started the ID site today. . . but probably I'm going to have to turbo comment for a few months to catch up.
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Heather · 702 weeks ago

Holy cow! I did a post on the refusal to wear shoes when we're in a time crunch. Too bad I wasn't nearly as funny as this dude.
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appliedbehavioralstrategies 13p · 701 weeks ago

It is all about the motivation, right? If I'm not motivated to put my shoes on, I won't do it. I just found your blog through another blog. I'm looking forward to following you.

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