1) As often as possible, skip rather than walk.
2) Sing along at the opera.
3) When the money comes out of the ATM, yell, "I won! I won!"
4) Page yourself over the intercom-don't disguise your voice.
5) Every time someone asks you to do something, ask if they want fries with it.
6) Specify that your drive-thru order is "to go."
~from Jan Karon's A Continual Feast
And some of our own family ways of keeping a healthy level of sanity....
7) Eat cookie dough.
8) When guests are over for dinner, everyone claps once and shouts "chicken salad!"
(and even when guests aren't present.)
9) Before eating, scratch the plates with your utensils and make noises to imitate the characters in Diner Dash.
(Don't you want to have dinner with us now? I promise we don't throw our food.)
Ok, what's a fun way you keep a healthy level of sanity? I'm sure all of us need fresh ideas. :)
Love,
Trisha
Making Your Home an Oasis
3 years ago
LOL!
ReplyDeleteHere are a few crazy things in our household:
- Break into opera, Frank Sinatra, Ella Fitzgerald as the occasion presents itself.
- Invent nonsense songs on the fly.
- Recite lines from our favorite humor blog/comedians.
- Yell "It's all Finney's fault" when something breaks down.
- When traveling, if someone asks if you have a destination, answer "No, we're driving aimlessly until we run out of gas."
Really funny!! Dinner is always insane here so I wouldn't notice any change. :)
ReplyDeleteThanks for the laugh.
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Jill
What a great post! Thank you for sharing it...it has my husband and I all in chuckles. (LOVE THE -Would you like fries with that?)!!!
ReplyDelete- (Similiar to one you mentioned)We always yell and laugh "I'm a winner - when we are stopped by the gate agents at the airport. We have traveled in the Mid-east so one of us is always a "winner" - this past summer we were leading a team and I was "chosen", all the big, loud guys hooped it up as I put on a show. They didn't think I'd do it.
-My girls and I always blast the radio to great 80's songs and sing at the top of our voices as we toodle down the road.
-When we are shopping, my hub always has funny retorts for standard questions, my favorite - when asked "How can I help you?" he responds,"Gotta couch?" - 2 responses - blank stare or a chuckle and comeback. At the blank stare he states, "psychology, right." A lively, warm conversation usually ensues - it's always good for a laugh and sometimes even the start of friendly aquaintance.
You all are so much fun! Thanks for playing along. I love your great ideas for guarding against insanity. :)
ReplyDeleteF.U.N. You make me smile my friend!
ReplyDeleteLove,
Camille
HAHA! Wow. :) Your post title caught my eye this afternoon...LOL! What does that mean? ;)
ReplyDeleteso funny! Great stuff for a long Saturday! :)
ReplyDeleteLove you!
So here I am after you asked on twitter what I do to keep a healthy level of sanity:
ReplyDeleteAlways have a good cup of coffee in the morning, a piece of dark chocolate in the afternoon and a glass of red wine at night :)
LOL!!
ReplyDeleteHow do I keep my sanity??
By tickling my husband mercilessly while he rolls around laughing contagiously! (He's not allowed to tickle me back - it just doesn't have the same effect). :) :) :)
I haven't seen those in years! Ha! I think another one from that same list was something like hiding in a clothing rack at a department store and yelling, "pick me!" I wore out, "do you want fries with that?" several years ago.
ReplyDeleteEvery now and then I break out in a bri*ish accent for no good reason. That and LOUD singing. Singing loud is a favorite way to keep the kiddos on their toes!
These were fun...I sure love you!