Monday, June 23, 2008

Great ... Now I Can Add Anatomy To The List Of Things I'm Not Good At!

Alexis comes in the back door.


She stands near me in the kitchen.


She says ...


"There's 10 parts of the body that have 3 letters in them," she smiles and waits for me to respond with excitement.


"Is that right?" I look in her direction.


"Yes," she is waiting for the game to begin.


"Okay," I stop what I am doing and walk over to where she is. I pull out a chair at the kitchen table. I sit down.


"There is ... Eye," I say, and she smiles.

"There is ... Ear," I say, and she smiles bigger.

"There is ... Leg," I say, and she begins to giggle like crazy.


I stop.


I think.


I repeat -


"There is ... Eye."

"There is ... Ear."

"There is ... Leg."


I look at her.

I say, "What else?"


The smile on Alexis' face fades quickly and she says, "I dunno," she has a blank look. "I just know there are 10 of them - I dunno what they are," she looks disappointed.


Me - I look at her ... disappointed.


She says, "You'll have to look that up. Like ... Google it," and she is smiling again.


Me - I am thinking - Surly I can do this without Googling it! Surly I can name 10 body parts that are 3 letters long. If they were each 10 letters long, then I'd definitely have to Google it, but ... 3? Surly ...



On the upside ... Okay! I didn't actually have to Google it, but I did ask for help from Little Billy. We came up with all 10 - after much thought and much smoke coming from the mom's ears.

Can you name all 10?

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85 comments:

Kel said...

umm...
eye, ear, leg, (you gave me those) lip, arm, toe, (ok, this is where it gets off track for me) lid (as in eyelid) bum (or other non-pc version), gut (what I'm dilegently working on) oh and pit (yep, the smelly kind) HAHAHA

I'm sure I'm way off base but this was fun! I'll be googling this one!
~K

Kel said...

googled it...yep totally off base! Still think its funny - I'm off to see if the hub can do any better! :)
~K

Michelle said...

Wow, that's hard. I got the arm, but I missed toe. My brain is smoking, but apparently it goes on the fritz when it smokes versus coming up with the 10! This is hard but I definitely want to know -- so I'm off to visit my good friend google!

LunaNik said...

Ear, eye, lip, toe, hip, jaw, arm, leg, tit, and ass. =)

Leanne said...

No. :)

Andrea said...

let's see...i got:

eye, ear, arm, legs, hip, toe, rib, jaw, ass

is that what you got???

Dawn said...

My standard answer when I don't know something anymore is "Let's Google it!" Unfortunately, I do have to say that a lot.

Melek said...

ok, without reading the other comments first:

eye
ear
lip
leg
toe
arm
hip
rib
jaw

and number 10 is either
pit (as in armpit?)
or
ass
??

Kathryn said...

That requires far too much thinking for this time of night. ;)

suz said...

I failed. I will start back at kindergarten. :)

BoufMom9 said...

LOL!Love all the answers in the comment section!
PS I can't even try to do this... I have had 2 margaritas! LOL

tollesons4him said...

I enjoyed reading all the comments on this one.

Brenda said...

I'd have to google, get the encyclopedia, dictionary, and probably the John Deere parts manual.

Jenn said...

EAK I dont think i can espically not at um 12:07 LOL I am to tired to even chew, even though I am hungry much less name 10 body parts LOL - girl you need a hobbie - LOL I am NOT saying that to be mean - I LOVE your blog...it makes me giggle and so glad I found it :)

Bonnie the Boss said...

I didn't even try to think of it. Way above my mental capacity.I did enjoy everyone elses comment though. I would have googled it too.

JCK said...

Sadly I came up with 7. Can they teach "ass" in school. Somehow seems not quite right. ;)

Kelsey said...

eye
hip
arm
leg
ear
toe
jaw
rib

And IDK lol

scrappysue said...

arm, leg, ear, eye, lip, hip, lid, toe, rib. these i wrote without looking at any of the other comments! i missed jaw and i don't think anyone else got lid (as in eye). probably doesn't count!!! fun post

Jenn @ Juggling Life said...

I got 7 off the bat. Jaw--now that's a good one!

Are You Serious! said...

♡ That's dang funny! I love the comment with all including A$$! :)

Brittany said...

I want to google it so badly, but I am trying not to... haha. How terrible is that?!!? :) I can only come up with 8... hmm...

Dad said...

I'm not sure I could

Nephew said...

Jaw, Leg, Ear, Eye, Rib, Toe, Lip, Arm & Hip. Oh wait, that's only 9 but the one everybody is forgetting is GUM. See I did get some what of an education!

the dragonfly said...

This made my head ache. But too funny!! :)

JO-N said...

How cute. Let me try:

eye, ear, leg, arm, hip, lip, toe, lap, jaw, rib.

Sounds easy but when you really list them out, it can be quite challenging, eh?

mama meji said...

Hehe... I had smoke coming out of my ears figuring things out. But I can guess...and then I've read the answers here..hehe. BTW, somwthing's waiting for you at Makimeji.

kim-d said...

Oh, for pete's sake, where does that child come up with this stuff? How can somebody with such a sweet little face be such a challenge...HAHA! I have to say...I LOVED the one that included tit and ass in the list. BWAHAHAHA!

Have a relaxing day, Kellan Renee!

Amanda said...

I'm having trouble coming up with the 10. hahahaha help!

Wonderful World of Weiners said...

Why do our kids INSIST that we still use our brains? I think giving birth to them should be enough!!

This is hurting my head and it's too early for a headache.

I need a Diet Coke.

Hallie :)

suz said...

Kellan-I did remember your girls play ball too. You know just what I am going through.
We were actually hoping to make it to a Texas tourney, but it did not work out this year!
Free spirit and I will skip this next weekend and they we will be for every weekend till August. :)

Jacki said...

Don't you hate it when your kid stumps you??

Pam said...

well, unless I am going to use some bad words, I doubt I can do this!

Jen said...

With the day I'm having, I'm not going to even attempt this. Hope you have a happy Monday, Kellan.

Sally said...

Hey, I'm already beating my head against the wall, and you want I should use my bruised brain? hahaha

Have a great day, and that little Alexis is a smart little thing!!!!

HRH said...

Gross anatomy ruined me for this. All I can think of is the names with 1000 letters. See that is what I get for working in the cadaver lab for summers.

Threeundertwo said...

Remember that ancient time when little kids didn't know what it meant to "google" something?

Me neither.

Janet said...

I'm not reading anybody else.
you guys got eye, ear, leg.
Arm was the first thing I thought of.
Then, lip toe, hip, rib, uh,

yeah, that's it.

Kareer Woman said...

LOL, cute!

Monogram Queen said...

Can you name all 10?


Are you KIDDING ME? There'd be more than smoke coming from my ears there would be a EXPLOSION!

Courtney said...

Wow, that was hard. I got 7 before googling it!

Kaci said...

Hmmmm....too early...lol! :)

Kaci said...

Hmmmm....too early...lol! :)

Mama Dawg said...

I got eye, ear, leg, arm and toe.

I gotta go google this.

Karen said...

eye, ear, arm, leg, toe, um ... pit (as in armpit?). Sheesh. Off to Google.

sting said...

too late in the night to do such tough thinking :-p err... mind posting the answers in your next post .. hehe

Jennifer said...

this was good! :) i wouldn't have ever been able to come up with all ten... I would have been stuck right along with you after the first three. lol

i read everyone's answers on the comments so i can't really even try now. lol but i'm going to see if hubby can get it when he gets home later from work. :)

whatta lil' cutie your daughter is. i love that she didn't know the ten either. lol

and what a smart boy you have!! :)

xoxoxox

Amanda said...

OK i should know the answer as i'm a nurse! Now lets see:-
Arm, ear, leg ,hip, tit, toe, lip,
bum!, gum, no i can't think of number 10!! I'm going to look it up or it will annoy me all night!
Love,
Amanda x

justabeachkat said...

I'm so bad. I got leg, arm, ear, toe, eye, lip. And then I thought of tit and ass before even thinking about jaw and hip and rib and gut.

Good one.

Hugs!
Kat

Kelli said...

I am trying to get off diet coke, (slowly) so I am not even going to try, I just looked at everyone elses list. hehe

Joanna said...

Um, ditto to what everyone said. (hangs head in shame cuz I couldn't think) In my defense I didn't try as I don't seem to have enough brain cells to do non-required movements.

Julie said...

I probably could... Now that I've read the comments before mine! ;)

Tricia said...

Oh no, no, no. This is the type of thing that will stay with me for days, edging its way into my mind when I'm supposed to be doing something else until I finally take the time to think about it, or Google it.

Tabitha said...

No ~ all I got was ~ eye, ear, lip, hip, toe and .......that's it!!!
Never mind ~ I will try and think of the rest and if not I will try and google it too!!!
love and hugs ~ Tabitha XXXXXX

Melanie said...

And you're not going to tell us what they are???? I'll have to google it!

It's funny how we "look things up" now isn't it? Google it ;)

chelle said...

I would not have hesitated ... Google is my friend!

Rebecca a.k.a. Mum said...

Hmm all I could come up with was

ear
eye
toe
leg
arm

I will have to look at the other answers now to see what I missed! lol

Kami said...

arm

Yup that's all I've got. I need Google!

:-)

Looks like you and the kids are having a hoot at the lake, wish I was there!

Amy said...

I'll just make my confession right here....I came up with 4...then I just cheated and read everyone else's answer.;)

When will the smoke stop coming out of my ears though? ;)

utmomof5 said...

No :)

Laura said...

That is too funny! Very cool! Thanks for sharing...now I am off to stump the Storrie household with this 3-letter fun!

Dana said...

this is too funny... You always make my day a little brighter and funnier... :)

Me said...

Ohh... it's 6:15am here, I just KNOW I am not going to be able to name them. Haha. :)

Trace

dani said...

"t & a" are surely NOT two of them; are they??? lol, "school's out for the summer"!!!
love,
dani

Denise said...

This is too funny! Arm, leg, eye, toe, lip, ear . . . that is as far as I can get.

Tanja said...

Definately not as easy as you would think until you think about it!

Rosemary Bogdan said...

I only got six unless you can count eye, arm, leg, and ear twice. Could be argued, don't you think? Each eye is a separate part, isn't it? OK. Let's just say I only got six. Funny post.

Stacie said...

ooohhh thanks now hopefully I will remember them when my times comes to be quizzed by my kids.

:)

Helen E.M. Wright said...

very cute! can't wait to hear the ten!

Family Adventure said...

Here's what I love....that you sit down and give her your full attention. So what if you cannot name all body parts. I think three is pretty good :)

Heidi

musing said...

All my kids are smarter than me. You get used to it.

Claire said...

I think it's

Arm
Leg
Hip
Jaw
Rib
Toe
Gum
Lip
Eye
Ear

bren j. said...

We're working on it. I think we're up to five... :)

tammy said...

Whatever would we do without Google??

joan said...

Great question Kellan, but no I couldn't name them all, not without looking at everyone's answers or google. LOL Fun post.

Karen MEG said...

cute post... I google EVERYTHING too LOL!

duchess said...

Ok - I read too many comments so I don't have to do it.
That was cute! Now, give the answers to Alexis so she'll be smarter when school starts.

Ashlee said...

Google is definitely my friend. Where do kids come up with these questions anyway? Way too hard for me!

Yvie said...

Hee-hee! This is the good stuff! Will have to google other parts for that LOL!

THopgood said...

Damn, I'm an RN and I couldn't do it without looking at all the comments...

DysFUNctional Mom said...

My kids had to do this for school and it's harder than you'd think! Google is our friend.

Leah said...

I remember having a debate over dinner in a restaurant with my family one time (extended family). It was pretty hilarious!

The Fritz Facts said...

Not even going to try, but having fun reading everyone's answers! I am going to have to ask the hubby this one though.

The Boyds Family said...

They aren't supposed to ask you questions like this during the summer....don't they know our brains are on break too??? (no need to let them know we wouldn't have known it during the school year either.)

TheCynicalOptimist said...

Hmm, I can't do it with out venturing off the PG version!

Jaina said...

Arm!! That's the one I thought about while I was reading. I was going to play, but then I saw other comments and felt like I was cheating. But I got arm all by myself. :)