Comments on: Story Time! http://sevenred.net/2009/09/01/story-time/#utm_source=feed&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed Sat, 28 Jan 2012 04:06:29 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: topspun http://sevenred.net/2009/09/01/story-time/comment-page-1/#comment-419 topspun Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:21:02 +0000 http://sevenred.net/2009/09/01/story-time/#comment-419 Niamh: being only half Irish, I wouldn't pretend to compete with full Irish when it comes to story-telling. I'm sure your Dad's stories beat my formulaic rip-offs of Encyclopedia Brown by miles and miles. :-) Congrats, by the way, on finishing the diss. I've been rooting for you silently on Facebook. Nice feeling, yes? Niamh: being only half Irish, I wouldn’t pretend to compete with full Irish when it comes to story-telling. I’m sure your Dad’s stories beat my formulaic rip-offs of Encyclopedia Brown by miles and miles. :-)

Congrats, by the way, on finishing the diss. I’ve been rooting for you silently on Facebook. Nice feeling, yes?

]]> By: Niamh http://sevenred.net/2009/09/01/story-time/comment-page-1/#comment-414 Niamh Tue, 01 Sep 2009 18:39:27 +0000 http://sevenred.net/2009/09/01/story-time/#comment-414 Love it. When I was a girl, my father told us one of two different story types every night. Maybe they'll add to your repetoire: 1. Mrs. Murphy's Nosy Pig. Mrs. Murphy had a nosy pig named Black Eyed Susan. The pig gets into trouble, invariably firemen have to come to get her out of a tree, or Mrs. Murphy has to bake a new pie, or get all the mud off the kitchen floor before a big dinner party. Mrs. Murphy also owns a donut shop, and the stories always end with donuts. 2. Tumblechick. Tumblechick is a one-legged chick who is a total hero. He protects the chickens from the incursions of the evil fox, Madra Rua (Irish for red fox). He has a girlfriend, too, but I can't remember her name. I think it might have been Peggy Sue (Dad loves Buddy Holly). In each story, he saves the coop--sometimes even saving the sheep, too--and earns the undying love and gratitude of all the chickens. Often, the stories began with him getting picked on for having only one leg. Dad-original stories are the best. Love it. When I was a girl, my father told us one of two different story types every night. Maybe they’ll add to your repetoire:

1. Mrs. Murphy’s Nosy Pig. Mrs. Murphy had a nosy pig named Black Eyed Susan. The pig gets into trouble, invariably firemen have to come to get her out of a tree, or Mrs. Murphy has to bake a new pie, or get all the mud off the kitchen floor before a big dinner party. Mrs. Murphy also owns a donut shop, and the stories always end with donuts.

2. Tumblechick. Tumblechick is a one-legged chick who is a total hero. He protects the chickens from the incursions of the evil fox, Madra Rua (Irish for red fox). He has a girlfriend, too, but I can’t remember her name. I think it might have been Peggy Sue (Dad loves Buddy Holly). In each story, he saves the coop–sometimes even saving the sheep, too–and earns the undying love and gratitude of all the chickens. Often, the stories began with him getting picked on for having only one leg.

Dad-original stories are the best.

]]> By: she http://sevenred.net/2009/09/01/story-time/comment-page-1/#comment-413 she Tue, 01 Sep 2009 17:28:56 +0000 http://sevenred.net/2009/09/01/story-time/#comment-413 What about the seahorse that says "can't you read the sign!?! NO TAPPING ON THE GLASS." What about the seahorse that says “can’t you read the sign!?! NO TAPPING ON THE GLASS.”

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