One Up-ing

This is a long story but I think it will be funny in the end.....I will give it a try anyway.....

First a little back story, Back in November I bought Tom a new Coffee pot that brews one cup of perfect coffee at a time. He loves it, he calls it the "Magic coffee pot" it has been a great addition to our kitchen and I recommend a Keurig Coffee maker to anyone.
Moving on.......

One of Kathleen's classmates needs a ride to school for the next few weeks because her mother has a broken arm, the little girl is named Sadie. Sadie tells tall tales. The other day, Kathleen wanted to tell Sadie how she burnt her finger on the toaster and Sadie told a much bigger and more dramatic story of how she once stood on a stove and burnt her feet and had to stand in a cold pizza to relieve the pain and suffering that she had endured. Kathleen told of our time in Mexico and how she had been on a water slide in the pool....well Sadie knew all about water slides, let me tell you, she told us all about how she had been on a bigger, faster water slide and had bumped her head and her foot and there was a little blood on her leg!! Heavens to Betsy! Each day it has been more stories....she always has one more.....

Today, Margaret felt obligated to take on Sadie and her Tall Tale Telling Talent..... Todays car ride was
Smack talkin' Showdown....Margaret ( age 12 ) VS Sadie ( age 6) ( duntduntduhhhhhh)

The rest I will write in a dialog format:

(sadie enters car)
Trish- Good morning Sadie how are you today?
Sadie- You know what, I have a new turtle necklace that whistles * whistle*
Margaret- Hey, you know what, I have a turtle necklace too, but mine has TWO whistles, and mine is purple
Kathleen- I have a necklace
Sadie- Well I got mine a few days ago
Margaret- I got mine yesterday
Kathleen- I lost mine ( poor kathleen was just trying to get a word in.....)
Sadie- my baby sister likes to play football and run all the time....
Margaret -My baby sister, Annabelle, likes to play with our turtle named Fred ( no worries, she is making that up!I still only have 5 kids and 0 turtles)
Kathleen- I drew this picture of a rose
Sadie - thats not a rose, it is a tulip
Kathleen- it is not a tulip, it's a rose
Sadie- NO, it is a tulip
Kathleen- rose
Sadie-tulip
Kathleen -rose
Margaret was in hysterics at this point and was letting the two 6 years have at it!
Sadie-Tulip
Kathleen- Rose
Sadie- TULIP
Kathleen- ROOOSSSSEEE
Trish- If Kathleen drew the picture and she says it is a rose then it is a ROSE!
Sadie- My Mommy says that its a tulip
Trish- ITS A ROSE

Kathleen had not drawn the picture at all, Margaret had... bless Kathleen's heart, she was just trying to join in the showdown......by the way ....It WAS a tulip! But I was not about to let Sadie tell Kathleen she was wrong!!

Sadie- My whistle works really well * whistle* whistle*
Margaret- I have to decide which of my two whistles I like better, one has a sweet shrilling sound and the other has a low melancholy tone
Sadie- Well my whistle is brand new and it sounds like our tea pot
Margaret- Oh, you have a tea pot? Well, WE have a MAGIC COFFEE POT!!!!
Sadie-....................

There was an erie silence that fell over the car


BAM>>>>>SHOWDOWN OVER>>>>>
I believe Margaret is the winner!


I must confess, that some of the dialog was fabricated for your enjoyment but the gist of the story is very accurate.....especially the part about the Magic Coffee Pot, that had me giggling all day.

This entry was written by Trish with the help of Margaret!