well, today was the squid's first day back to school

[sundog]

i drove him to the bus stop this morning...

sigh... it seems like only last week we were bringing him home from the hospital & bailing him out of jail...

they grow up so fast...

he was so brave today... getting on the bus with his little backpack :cry:

http://www.thesciencesite.info/squidcam.shtml

[Midlodemocrat]

1. Was it a SpongeBob backpack, or Squidward?

:P

[sundog]

4. koala backpack

:cry:

[Midlodemocrat]

7. Were they out of panda backpacks?

[sundog]

12. yes... we went last minute clothes shopping yesterday

it's the best we could do... he really wanted the panda backpack too :cry:

[Richardo]

2. They grow up so quickly, don't they?

:cry:

[Hugin]

3. Did you check what was in his backpack?

[sundog]

5. are you suggesting my squid sells crack at school?

:grr:

[Hugin]

8. Oh, absolutely not...

You should make sure he has his lunch money tho...

Since he's been less than communicative of late.

[progmom]

6. Oh sweetie...

You must be so proud!! :hug:

[sundog]

9. we did our best to raise him well

:grouphug:

[El Fuego]

17. I'm so proud!!!! *sniffle*

As the saying goes, It Takes a Village to Raise A Cephalopod. Or in this case, a Lounge. Little Squiddy makes me so happy! :grouphug:

[swimboy]

25. Truly poetic words to live by you have coined:

"It takes a lounge to raise a cephalopod."

[democrat in Tallahassee]

10. Rarely is the question asked, "Is our squids learning?"

[FuzzySlippers]

11. Is he on the school lunch menu?

[tjwmason]

13. I'm sorry to be blunt

but it looks like you need a dash of tough-love. Read and learn.

With apologies to Mssrs. Cleese and Palin.

A customer enters a pet shop.

Mr. Praline: 'Ello, I wish to register a complaint.

(The owner does not respond.)

Mr. Praline: 'Ello, Miss?

Owner: What do you mean "miss"?

Mr. Praline: I'm sorry, I have a cold. I wish to make a complaint!

Owner: We're closin' for lunch.

Mr. Praline: Never mind that, my lad. I wish to complain about this squid what I purchased not half an hour ago from this very boutique.

Owner: Oh yes, the, uh, the Norwegian Blue...What's,uh...What's wrong with it?

Mr. Praline: I'll tell you what's wrong with it, my lad. 'E's dead, that's what's wrong with it!

Owner: No, no, 'e's uh,...he's resting.

Mr. Praline: Look, matey, I know a dead squid when I see one, and I'm looking at one right now.

Owner: No no he's not dead, he's, he's restin'! Remarkable bird, the Norwegian Blue, idn'it, ay? Beautiful plumage!

Mr. Praline: The plumage don't enter into it. It's stone dead.

Owner: Nononono, no, no! 'E's resting!

Mr. Praline: All right then, if he's restin', I'll wake him up! (shouting at the cage) 'Ello, Mister Polly Squid! I've got a lovely fresh cuttle fish for you if you show...

(owner hits the cage)

Owner: There, he moved!

Mr. Praline: No, he didn't, that was you hitting the cage!

Owner: I never!!

Mr. Praline: Yes, you did!

Owner: I never, never did anything...

Mr. Praline: (yelling and hitting the cage repeatedly) 'ELLO POLLY!!!!! Testing! Testing! Testing! Testing! This is your nine o'clock alarm call! (Takes squid out of the cage and thumps its head on the counter. Throws it up in the air and watches it plummet to the floor.)

Mr. Praline: Now that's what I call a dead squid.

Owner: No, no.....No, 'e's stunned!

Mr. Praline: STUNNED?!?

Owner: Yeah! You stunned him, just as he was wakin' up! Norwegian Blues stun easily, major.

Mr. Praline: Um...now look...now look, mate, I've definitely 'ad enough of this. That squid is definitely deceased, and when I purchased it not 'alf an hour ago, you assured me that its total lack of movement was due to it bein' tired and shagged out following a prolonged squawk.

Owner: Well, he's...he's, ah...probably pining for the fjords.

Mr. Praline: PININ' for the FJORDS?!?!?!? What kind of talk is that?, look, why did he fall flat on his back the moment I got 'im home?

Owner: The Norwegian Blue prefers keepin' on it's back! Remarkable bird, id'nit, squire? Lovely plumage!

Mr. Praline: Look, I took the liberty of examining that squid when I got it home, and I discovered the only reason that it had been sitting on its perch in the first place was that it had been NAILED there.

(pause)

Owner: Well, o'course it was nailed there! If I hadn't nailed that bird down, it would have nuzzled up to those bars, bent 'em apart with its beak, and VOOM! Feeweeweewee!

Mr. Praline: "VOOM"?!? Mate, this bird wouldn't "voom" if you put four million volts through it! 'E's bleedin' demised!

Owner: No no! 'E's pining!

Mr. Praline: 'E's not pinin'! 'E's passed on! This squid is no more! He has ceased to be! 'E's expired and gone to meet 'is maker! 'E's a stiff! Bereft of life, 'e rests in peace! If you hadn't nailed 'im to the perch 'e'd be pushing up the daisies! 'Is metabolic processes are now 'istory! 'E's off the twig! 'E's kicked the bucket, 'e's shuffled off 'is mortal coil, run down the curtain and joined the bleedin' choir invisibile!! THIS IS AN EX-SQUID!!

(pause)

Owner: Well, I'd better replace it, then. (he takes a quick peek behind the counter) Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of squids.

Mr. Praline: I see. I see, I get the picture.

Owner: I got a slug.

(pause)

Mr. Praline: Pray, does it talk?

Owner: Nnnnot really.

Mr. Praline: WELL IT'S HARDLY A BLOODY REPLACEMENT, IS IT?!!???!!?

Owner: N-no, I guess not. (gets ashamed, looks at his feet)

Mr. Praline: Well.

(pause)

Owner: (quietly) D'you.... d'you want to come back to my place?

Mr. Praline: (looks around) Yeah, all right, sure.

Now perhaps you can move on to achieve some closure.

[El Fuego]

14. POLLY! (whap!) POLLY PARROT!!!!! (whap!)

[JimmyJazz]

15. The squid is dead! The squid is dead!

Up your meds,
the squid is dead!

:o

[billyskank]

22. Don't be such a fussbudget! This is a good story

I'm enjoying this.

[AussieDave]

27. He's NOT dead - he's just resting

anyway I thought he ran away to Canada.......

[Midlodemocrat]

16. Are you going to be the room dad?

and organize all the parties and what not?

:shrug:

[LynneSin]

18. EWWEWWWW YOU PUT A DEAD SQUID ON A SCHOOL BUS

Sun, you're traumatizing the children!!

Have you no shame!

[MissMillie]

19. Remember when school didn't start back up until after Labor Day

:shrug:

I miss those days.

[Debi]

21. Yeah, cuz dead squid stinks in the dog days of summer!

Not so bad in the winter tho....

[billyskank]

20. Can someone fill me in, I'm a little behind. Last I head, the squid had

stolen the car and driven off with Zuni's crack pipe. What happened after that?

[JimmyJazz]

24. I had it for lunch.

:evilgrin:

[billyskank]

26. Oh you're such a tease!

You're not even trying to take this nonsense seriously!

[nookiemonster]

23. Yeah, fine little calamari.....er... I mean squid kid you have there.

:silly:

eom

[miss_kitty]

28. Squiddy is still dead!

:cry:

How can you be so cruel?