[Thanks Jim]
A young family moved into a house, next to a vacant lot. One day, a construction crew turned up to start building a house on the empty lot. The young family's 4-year-old daughter naturally took an interest in all the activity going on next door and spent much of each day observing the workers.Eventually the construction crew, all of them "gems-in-the-rough," more or less, adopted her as a kind of project mascot. They chatted with her, let her sit with them while they had coffee and lunch breaks, and gave her little jobs to do here and there to make her feel important.
At the end of the first week, they even presented her with a pay envelope containing ten dollars. The little girl took this home to her mother who suggested that she take her ten dollars "pay" she'd received to the bank the next day to start a savings account.
When the girl and her mom got to the bank, the teller was equally impressed and asked the little girl how she had come by her very own pay check at such a young age. The little girl proudly replied, "I worked last week with real builders building the new house next door to us."
"Oh my goodness gracious," said the teller, "and will you be working on the house again this week, too?"
The little girl replied, "I will, if those assholes at Home Depot ever deliver the sheet rock."
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> The little girl replied, "I will, if those assholes at Home Depot ever deliver the sheet rock."
Could you make a cultural translation for those who don't understand?
It's just such a sweet, innocent story, up until we learn what kind of language the little girl picked up from the workers.
Maybe she doesn't know what sheet rock is. I assume it's what we in the good ol' U.S of A call drywall.
Probably, Dave, yes.
Eo,
"C'mon, did that really happen to you?"
;-)
Sounds just like something that could've happened with the lil' uns here at home. :-)
(Random quote from yesterday: "Whoa! My head is whirling!")
Other random quote:
"Come on, children, it's late, we should think about going to bed.
- All I ever think about is playing."
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