January 10, 2005

recycling

Luke glanced into the pantry and noticed that the recycling bin was nearly overflowing with diet coke cans.

"Mom! You could build a small airplane from those cans."

"And your point is?"

"You've really got to quit drinking so many diet cokes. They're not good for you."

"Kid, step away from my diet coke habit. It's my blankie, because right now I am eating low carbs, which deprives me of all the things I love: pasta, cheetos, fritos, brownies, cake, cookies, chocolate, m&ms, pizza, and pie. "

"Wait a minute. You don't like pie."

"I MIGHT have LOVED pie, and now I'll never know, because I can't eat it and I can't eat any of those other things and I'm living on that ragged edge of insanity and the diet coke is the only thing keeping me from crossing the line into the machete-killing-spree zone."

"Mom?"

"What?"

"Did you know that your head sort of spun around and your eyes got really bulgey there for a minute."

"You threatened the diet coke."

"Here's a glass of ice. Should I pop the top for you?"

"Survival instincts?"

"You betcha."

"Don't say I never taught you anything."

Posted by toni at January 10, 2005 12:42 PM
Comments

Smart kid!

Posted by: Catt at January 10, 2005 02:07 PM

uhm, you know a low-carb diet is bad for you, right? ;)

-G

Posted by: Garrison Steelle at January 10, 2005 07:30 PM

very funny post...those diet cokes are addictive

Posted by: msdedi at January 10, 2005 09:08 PM

EVERYONE in my family knows better than to get in the way of me and my Diet Coke! Glad yours is learning! :)

Posted by: Dee-Dee at January 10, 2005 09:33 PM

too. funny.

i wandered in via blogsplosion and am now blogrolling you. *grin*

Posted by: franci at January 10, 2005 09:34 PM

kids right. who the hell drinks soda when they are on a diet.

Posted by: Ethan at January 11, 2005 07:10 AM

Quitting smoking was easier than cutting carbs.

Posted by: Brian at January 11, 2005 10:56 AM

I'll help you with the Carbs if you help me with the smokes. My poor kids will be begging to go to college one semester early in order to get away from me in m nicotine free state. They have already removed all the sharp objects from the house and it's only been 24 hours.

Good luck on your no carb quest!!!!!!!!
Huggggsss to you...Mary(TSB at followthatstar)

Posted by: TSB at January 12, 2005 07:46 AM

I'll help you with the carbs if you help me with the smokes. My kids are already contemplating leaving for college now as opposed to September and It's only been 24 hours. They have removed all the sharp objects and are maintaining a distance of at least 4 feet. Good Luck to you on your quest to remove carbs, I figured cigs would be easier to quit than pasta and pretzels....LOL

TSB at Followthatstar

Posted by: TSB at January 12, 2005 07:50 AM

Gotta say, that cracked me up! I know you feel!

Posted by: Jessica at January 15, 2005 05:59 PM