Daddy likes to tell a story about taking me fishing when I was about 3 years old.
Clever man that he is, he devised a plan where he could look after me while Mommy was at work and still knock out a few hours at one of his favorite past-times, fishing. Off we went to the dam (That’s dam, not damn. I’m not cursing again. Geesh) with tackle box and poles in tow.
Once Daddy found the perfect spot for us to fish, he set me up with a pole of my own. It was a cane pole with no line and no hook. Just a pole. Daddy busied himself with casting his line into the water while I sat contentedly with my pole. I was three. I didn’t know any better. I was fishing.
After awhile a man approached and set up his fishing gear near our spot. I was sitting between Daddy and this new arrival. He sat down and cast his line into the water. Every once in awhile he would look over at me and smile.
Fishing can be a little boring and eventually the man struck up a conversation with me. Daddy taught me that a good fisher(wo)man is quiet but I couldn’t resist the temptation to make a new friend. We chatted a bit and then he said, “You know you’re never going to catch any fish like that. You don’t even have a line in the water.”
After careful consideration of his observation, I replied, “I’m catching as many as you are.”
…….and so it was, a Smart Mouth Broad was born.
Hugs,
30 comments:
Priceless :))
HAHAHAHAHA! That was too funny. No wonder you like Miss America so much. You're just like her!
Too cute!
When I was little my daddy took me fishing. I caught a fish. When we got them all home we put them in the sink to clean and mine started swimming around. I wouldn't let my dad kill it so we put it in the fish pond with the little carp we had.
A raccoon ate it. Damn raccoon (I am swearing...). Never loved a fish like that again.
sigh
Too sweet!
Hey - it makes sense to me.
I LOVE this story! Hilarious!
Classic! :)
i love it...
Ahaha...and she was born!
LOL!!! So young and so brilliant. Excellent
That's fabulous darling...I wish I were that witty at 3.
:-)
Thanks for the post!
Great comeback and bet your shut his ass up.
That was to cute.But hey! You were right.LOL!!!
That was to cute.But hey! You were right.LOL!!!
Excellent!! :-)
A very intelligent comment, actually--and practical!
Great story.
Quick wit even as a kid! You are good :-)
I'm jealous. You discovered your calling so early!
Oh you are so cute. Loved this post.
That is precious!
Out of the mouths of babes...
I was still laughing about Lucy! And some more laughter! Too cute!
Ha!
What a fresh young thang you were.
Too funny! Bet he didn't make any more remarks like that.
Braja-Thank you, sweetie.
FL-Except I wasn't as cute.
tera-"Damn raccoon" LOL
JeanMac- :-)
Jan-I call em like I see em.
Beth, Tony, MrsK - :-)
BV-And life as we know it has never been the same. LOL
Hit40,f8,PT-The sad thing is that I've never been as good with a comeback since.
Donna-Well....he wasn't catching anything....
Movie- :-)
ErinP - Awww, thanks.
JJ-I'm afraid I peaked too soon tho. *wink*
MLJH-Now if I could just find something to do with it that's lucrative. Know anyone who wants to pay me to be a smartarse? LOL
Pseudo,Linda-*blushing*
Duchess-You said it!
ReRe-I'm going to gather all my Lucy stories together in my sidebar. .....maybe today.
Auntie-I learned early to "tell it like it is".
WW-I guess I'll never know. :-)
You are not from Jersey, are you? LOL!
That's your best line yet and thanks for the much needed laugh. It's a little hard to find something to laugh out when it's after midnight on the 5th night in a row you can't sleep. Ugh.....help me.
Excellent!
At 3 yrs old?!! Wow, you did have the makings of a smart mouth broad already! Cute story. :)
We all need a starting point. Good career choice.
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