Sarcasm Explained

From the myspace archives.

Sarcasm Explained
(written October 21, 2008)

I like to stay in my room while the kids are first awake, getting breakfast, getting ready for school. I love to listen to them when they think I'm not listening. This morning, I caught a gem.

Girl: I'm telling.
Boy: Nooooooo!!!!

My daughter walks into my room with her nose in the air. My son walks in quickly at her heals. He's carrying a rod from a set of blinds I took down. Uh-oh.

Girl: Mom, T__ just put that curtain stick thing in his cereal.
Me: Gimme the curtain stick thing.

The kids leave my room to go back to the kitchen.

Boy: Thanks a lot, M___ .
Girl: (sweetly) You're welcome.
Boy: I didn't really mean thank you. I meant something else. I meant you're a meanie.
Girl: Mooooooommmmm!!!!

Good morning, kids.