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April 28, 2006 |
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It's Not on Any Calendar
FOUND by Eric Essen
This was found behind a cabinet while cleaning. Written by my grandmother? No idea when or what holiday had her confused.
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Sounds like a great line to use when her children/spouse are not doing their chores!
I think you're right on, Wadoose. I'm going to have to remember this one.
I definately sense some heavy sarcasm here, hehehe...
I think it sounds sad.
definitely,definitely, oh so most definitely sarcasm.Being a heavy user of sarcasm,myself, I think I'll add this to my repertoire.
Americans really dont get sarcasm, you have the wrong word its not sarcastic its just mocking
Sarcasm is defined as irony or bitterness. I think you're the one who is confused. That letter is sarcasm to a tee.
i'm not sure it was sarcastic.. it appears to be the handwriting of a very old person. maybe she legitimately was confused. my grandmother would leave notes to herself around her house in her more advanced stages of dementia.
My mom used to say this to me all the time!
I remember ready grandmother's notes as a kid. There is not a hint of Sarcasm here. More like frstration & fear. Sad, very sad.
i really hope it is confusion, its so much funnier that way.
You guys have never heard anyone say this?It's definitely not confusion.
Two possibilities:
1) Sarcastic mother tired of everyone idling while she does the work.
2) Confused grandmother (it's rather normal of dementia sufferers to get quite lost with regard to the day; one woman I know thinks it's Sunday every day).
Option 1 is the more likely, methinks.
James, let's get married.
No! Its the Mom who showed up at school to drop off her kids and found everyone but her knew it was a no-school day. This has happened to me, and you just know they are all sleeping in... and YOU didn't know school was off. So upset, she wrote a note (maybe its a post-it!) and stuck it on the front door of the school. Then maybe the note stuck on someone's shoe and ended up behind a cabinet. It's so obvious that's what happened.
whoever wrote it has really bad handwriting
possibility 3: A really excellent April fools joke on mom.
this mom is awesome
This one creeps me out because this looks exactly like MY grandmother's handwriting and she has a notepad with paper just like this on her telephone table.
Michelle,
You must have really studied hard to have a grasp on the vocabulary nuances of 300 million people.
This actually reminds me of my great grandmother who suffered and eventually passed away from Alzheimer's disease. It even looks similar to her handwriting. So, no I don't think that there is any hint of sarcasm here, just a confused old lady who is frustrated and sad.
I'd put money on it being sarcasm for the benefit of slackers. The handwriting could be a combination of age and writing the note after either vertically, i.e.once it has been posted (not logical, but possible) or writing on the pad whilst holding it in the other hand, maybe even walking.
One of my favorites... I can hear it as a line in a sitcom... "Will someone PLEEEEEEEASE tell me what holiday this is? IT'S NOT ON ANY CALENDAR!!!!!" :) Love it.
OPPOSITE DAY
It's obvious that no one told her, and it's El Malaguena...
That's just not nice.