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Post by sparklymouse on Aug 18, 2023 14:05:12 GMT -5
Karen’s New Puppy. Sadie wasn’t trained well, not housebroken, probably bored, and was now chewing up shoes. Lol.
Karen decided that the little kids shouldn’t work inside of the treehouse because they could get hurt. I cackled when reading this one.
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Post by sparklymouse on Sept 1, 2023 14:10:09 GMT -5
Karen’s Bully. Andrew was sick of Bobby and made up a story about a loose python in the neighborhood. He then pulled a rubber snake out of his pants and flung it at Bobby. You turn the page, and it’s this great full-page illustration of Bobby shocked by Andrew’s pants-snake. This could also go in the sexual references thread, lol.
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Post by sparklymouse on Sept 4, 2023 13:46:42 GMT -5
Karen’s Mermaid. Sea City was having a “Fun in the Sun Festival.” Karen saw a poster for it. “I cannot wait for the festival,” I said. “I wonder what the entertainment will be. Maybe Barney.” Lol, this book was written in 1994. Barney was a hot commodity then. Oh, these mermaid costumes that Karen and Margo had to wear! Attachments:
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Post by oldhickory on Sept 6, 2023 11:00:30 GMT -5
I'm sorry but that illustration was phoned in. It looks like a draft sketch that made it in to the final book.
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Sept 12, 2023 10:02:59 GMT -5
I'm sorry but that illustration was phoned in. It looks like a draft sketch that made it in to the final book. A lot of the Little Sister sketches are like that. Heavily detailed faces and then everything else is scribbled
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Post by sparklymouse on Sept 29, 2023 18:03:35 GMT -5
Karen’s Wedding. Andrew inexplicably decided to wear a tool belt full of plastic tools to Ms. Colman’s wedding. This book was from 1993. Perhaps he was a big fan of Tim the Toolman Taylor? There was this running joke about Andrew and his belt throughout the whole ceremony. Karen looked at him at one point and was like “he was pretending to nail his jacket to the pew.” Later he was “trying to fix Mommy’s purse with his screwdriver.” Andrew should have stayed home with Nancy’s dad and Danny. You know Nancy’s dad was all “YOU DESERVE A NIGHT OUT I’LL STAY HOME WITH THE BABY” so that he wouldn’t have to go to this wedding. I hope that Ms. Colman looked at her new husband with half of the passion that she did looking at her cake. Attachments:
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Oct 7, 2023 18:41:31 GMT -5
Karen’s Wedding. Andrew inexplicably decided to wear a tool belt full of plastic tools to Ms. Colman’s wedding. This book was from 1993. Perhaps he was a big fan of Tim the Toolman Taylor? There was this running joke about Andrew and his belt throughout the whole ceremony. Karen looked at him at one point and was like “he was pretending to nail his jacket to the pew.” Later he was “trying to fix Mommy’s purse with his screwdriver.” Andrew should have stayed home with Nancy’s dad and Danny. You know Nancy’s dad was all “YOU DESERVE A NIGHT OUT I’LL STAY HOME WITH THE BABY” so that he wouldn’t have to go to this wedding. I hope that Ms. Colman looked at her new husband with half of the passion that she did looking at her cake. I always get this mixed up with Kristy's Big Day with which wedding Andrew wore the tool belt to. When they're at the department store looking for gifts, I forget who points something out but Natalie I think calls it too weird. But they never said what it actually was and I still want to know what they were looking at XD
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Post by sparklymouse on Oct 11, 2023 19:07:46 GMT -5
^Haha, yeah. I re-read that part. They were looking at picture frames right before that, so it couldn't have been too out there.
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Post by CharlotteTJohanssen on Oct 11, 2023 21:50:26 GMT -5
This got me in Karen's secret valentine when the family was suggesting show names for the ice capades:
"How about Fire on Ice," said Charlie. "You could all stake around with sparklers in your teeth."
The fact that Charlie suggested this to a bunch of seven year olds got a good laugh out of me.
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Oct 12, 2023 10:27:19 GMT -5
This got me in Karen's secret valentine when the family was suggesting show names for the ice capades: "How about Fire on Ice," said Charlie. "You could all stake around with sparklers in your teeth." The fact that Charlie suggested this to a bunch of seven year olds got a good laugh out of me. I'd expect that from Sam!
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Post by sparklymouse on Oct 20, 2023 13:17:34 GMT -5
Karen’s Book. There were a few funny bits in this one.
Karen and Watson were looking at baby pictures of Karen. Karen was the flower girl at Lisa and Seth’s wedding. She kept walking too quickly down the aisle during rehearsals. Then she started skipping. Kristy was baby-sitting for Karen and Andrew. Andrew dripped jelly on Boo-Boo, which made him freak out and tear around the house. Karen screamed at Kristy to grab the cat. Boo-Boo was a little bit feral.
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Post by booboobrewer on Oct 22, 2023 20:12:52 GMT -5
Aww, that’s a nice comment from Seth.
Boo-Boo! I wish there had been at least one scene of him being petted in Watson’s lap. Maybe there was?
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Post by sparklymouse on Nov 16, 2023 16:39:03 GMT -5
Karen’s Fishing Trip. This had tons of funny bits.
I liked the chapter where Watson drove the Musketeers to the cabin. The girls sang every song they knew. “Daddy listened to music from the radio. He turned it up loud.” Then the girls “talked about every single person in Ms. Colman’s class.” I’m so amused by the thought of three 7-year-olds talking smack about their classmates. Then Watson the shitstirrer asked them which 3 classmates they would want to be stuck on a desert island with. The girls all picked each other and one other classmate. Karen/Sara Ford. Hannie/Audrey Green. Nancy/Omar Harris. Then they all made fun of Nancy and her “boyfriend.” The whole thing just sounded like a very funny conversation to listen in on.
Karen hid a can of worms under the bathroom vanity to give to Watson on Father’s Day. The can tipped over, and somehow these guys got out of the closed cupboard and crawled all over the cabin. The whole family ran around the cabin worm-searching. Suddenly Charlie stopped and did an impression of a totally not dehydrated, dead worm on a carpet.
Then of course there was Watson’s 100 kids in a boat comment that I think was mentioned in this thread already. Karen’s friend Keegan’s parents were separated, so his dad wasn’t there to help him with the fishing contest. Karen invited him onto Watson’s boat without asking first. Watson didn’t think that there would be room. Elizabeth said that they could find a way to fit him in. “Yes, I guess so,” said Daddy with a sigh. “I have no choice but to end up with a hundred children on my boat, as usual.”
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Post by m0drnmoonlight on Nov 26, 2023 10:09:46 GMT -5
Watson has no one to blame but himself with how he always invites everyone on trips!
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Post by sparklymouse on Nov 26, 2023 10:53:01 GMT -5
^What’s funny is he left 3 kids at home but then brought 3 friends of kids and the 4th friend appeared when they were already there. Then his 3 actual kids showed up, too. At least the guy liked kids?
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