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Ouch, that hurt

This is story about my middle child. Once upon a time, as a little one at McDonald’s, she had a thought. If I can breath through my mouth and breath through my nose, and suck though my mouth, I can probably suck through my nose. Can you picture the next step? Yes she shoved the straw up her nose and gave it a good fizzing. That’s my girl, destined from a young age to be a scientist, now having graduated with her degree in astronomy and physics. Where’d she get those brains? Don’t look at me, I’m the social worker.

And when he was little, Bryant put an aspirin up his nose. When asked why, he replied, “I thought it was a nose pill.” Where did he come up with that one? I’ll bet there were big sisters involved.

I am convinced, though, that although knitters don’t readily admit it, they are good at math. Here I am about 15% through my Print O’the Wave edging:

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16 responses to “Ouch, that hurt”

  1. Kristen Avatar
    Kristen

    Ouch, bad memories. In my case it was a Cocoa Crispie.

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  2. Marina Avatar
    Marina

    I DON’T want to discuss “stupid” things kids do! Yours are funny, mine aren’t.
    I always underestimate how much I’ve done on Ravelry, so that my friends will be surprised when I’ve finished 😉

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  3. sherry Avatar
    sherry

    very very pretty.
    I am still chugging away on my CV shawl. Had to take out 16 rows, butalmost back up to where I was. Now I know why I had on ly 2 child. LOL. just teasing..

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  4. angelarae Avatar
    angelarae

    Wow! That’s gorgeous! I love it done in that beautiful cream color! What weight yarn is that? You’ll have to tutor me on the edging thing. I don’t get it.
    Ang

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  5. Chery Avatar
    Chery

    Isn’t edging fun?

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  6. Linda B. Avatar
    Linda B.

    Hey!
    Print o’ the Wave (PotW)? There’s five of us in our little coffee shop knitting group working on this. (Not Daisy though 😉 ). Four are in seasilk; and two are the same colour as yours! We’re planning for a group photo shoot. I wonder if there’s a Guiness world record for the most PotW’s in one spot?

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  7. My Merino Mantra Avatar
    My Merino Mantra

    So beautiful! I really like it!
    By the way, (not that you care!), I once stuck a red crayon up my nose when I was three. My mother loved telling that story.

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  8. Angie Avatar
    Angie

    I suggest you break the rest of the border into small groups and give yourself a cookie for finishing each one. Or put 5 dollars in an envelope for a treat.
    My big sisters were the “put teh cotton ball in your nose/ear till it grows” type. I just sat back with my bowl of porridge on my head.

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  9. Suzanne Avatar
    Suzanne

    It’s beautiful. I have already added it to my queue.
    As for things done as a child, I once stuck a pipe cleaner in an electric outlet. Got a shock and I think I can still find the scar on one finger from it.

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  10. Ellen Avatar
    Ellen

    My siblings tell me I used to put beans up my nose and drink perfume. I just remember licking dirt. (I know there was a brother involved in that.)
    I’ve got several “road trip” projects going, but not completed. One includes a hat and booties for baby Marley. (‘as in Bob Marley. I’m actually attaching braided yarn to the hat for dread locks… tacky, but cute.)

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  11. Daisy Avatar
    Daisy

    Linda beat me to it. I was just about to tell you about all the people in our coffeeshop knitting group who are knitting PotW! I’m still trying to make Gust by Knitspot in a hand-dyed pink, brown and white yarn. I’m auditioning my 3rd yarn right now. Hey, I should go put this on my blog…
    My brother shoved a strawberry up his nose. I got a sunflower seed hooked in my throat. You know how they have that little curved tip? My mom pulled it out with chopsticks.

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  12. eyeleen Avatar
    eyeleen

    Beautiful lace!

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  13. wendy g Avatar
    wendy g

    Your shawl is so beautiful!

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  14. Bobbie Avatar
    Bobbie

    Stupid Childhood tricks….yes I’ve been to the hospital for peas up the nose. The real shocker was when my sweet 5 year old (now past her twenties) said “Hey mom when I pinch my nose and blow hard I get bubbles coming out of my eyes!” Yup, its posible.

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  15. Suzanne V. (Yarnhog) Avatar
    Suzanne V. (Yarnhog)

    Oh, that made my eyes water!
    My brother stuck a BB in his ear to see where it would go. He stuck a bean up his nose (ditto). He ate raisins, which my sister told him were power pills, and then jumped off his bunkbed, convinced he could fly (broke his arm, though). He leapt off a neighbors roof holding a trash bag–still working on that flying thing. He went to the ER so many times with a split head they called the police because they thought my mom was abusing him. She didn’t, of course, but I’ll bet she felt like doing so afterward!

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  16. Mari Avatar
    Mari

    I had nothing to do with Bryant’s nose pill incident! He swears we (as in Elina and I) told him it was a nose pill but I don’t think I could’ve come up w/ the concept of a nose pill.

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