I don't have kids...yet.

[Phone Jockey]

Customer: Would you like a six-year old today?
Me: No thank you.
Customer: I could drop him off.
Me: Right, no.
Customer: He could be quite entertaining…

I don't want my own kids...I certainly don't want yours!

[Broomjockey]

That lady sounds like my mom. She kept (i think) joking to waitresses and other people about trading me instead of paying her bill, or even just for a discount. It's been a while since she's pulled that one though, she's more into the whole trying to fix me up.

[norrina]

Customer: Would you like a six-year old today?
Me: No thank you.
Customer: I could drop him off.
Me: Right, no.
Customer: He could be quite entertaining…

I don't want my own kids...I certainly don't want yours!

I have offered my boss my 16 y.o. brother (whom I act as surrogate parent to during the school year) several times. He has 21 1/2 month old twins, I try to tell him it will be good training, but so far, he hasn't bit.

[Becks]

Customer: Would you like a six-year old today?
Me: No thank you.
Customer: I could drop him off.
Me: Right, no.
Customer: He could be quite entertaining…

I don't want my own kids...I certainly don't want yours!


Maybe she was trying to be funny, but it's not unheard of for parents to abandon (or try to) their children that way. I'd read a story or two about it in the newspaper in the past.

My older siblings would occasionally mutter something about selling myself and Bella to the gypsies, or letting them kidnap us. I'm forever threatening to sell my nieces and nephews to the Amish.

[Trishlovesdolphins]

i tried that with the pizza guy just sunday... but he didn't want my mom... i think her singing scared him off... i dunno why, that's why i wanted to give her to him in the first place!

[Imogene]

. He has 21 1/2 month old twins, I try to tell him it will be good training, but so far, he hasn't bit.
Your boss has 21 children?

[MadonnaC]

Your boss has 21 children?

no - 42 -> 21 sets of twins, all 1/2 month old :lol:

[Phone Jockey]

I also once had a woman try to pawn her husband off on me to pay off her car insurance pymt. Lovely.

[xshaq]

OK, Now I'M the STOOOOOOPID. I thought your 16-yr old brother had the twins, and I was thinking S**T !!!

[dragonflygrrl]

Sort of on topic:

When I give my customers a contract to sign (I sell cell phones) they seem to think "Am I signing away my first-born?" is a witty comment. I usually just tell them, "Yes, actually, that's why I work here, my parents didn't pay their bill."

Maybe if they spent more time actually reading the contract instead of making lame jokes, they wouldn't be so surprised down the road when they realize they can't just make up the terms of service. :rolleyes:

[NightAngel]

I have "funny" parents who try that sometimes.

"Want a kid? I'll throw him in for free."
Me: "Nope. Got my own kids, thanks."
"You need more."
Me: "Nope. Had my tubes tied to prevent that but thanks."

That's where the conversation usually shuts down. :lol:

[Misanthropical]

I threaten to sell my children to a sweat shop in China. They never believe me though. ;)

I tell my husband he is more than welcome to sell his first born, but not my first born. :D

[norrina]

Y'all are having WAY too much fun with my poorly worded post. :p

How about: I have a 16 year old brother that I act as surrogate parent to during the school year. I have offered him to my boss several times, as my boss has a set of twins just under 22 months old, so I try to tell him it will be good training, but so far, he hasn't bit.

Better?