On the playground today, two little girls were running around being silly with a big blanket they had borrowed from another teacher. (It was really cold) (Okay, it was Texas really cold; it was only 45 degrees) (Why is there not a degree symbol on a keyboard? That bugs me.) (Or a cents sign?) Anyway.
These kids were trying valiantly to get the attention of myself and another teacher and we were just as valiantly trying to ignore them and get some adult conversation in.
Finally, the blanket-covered duo walked directly up to us and poked their heads out from the folds of blanket with these sad little hurt puppy dog expressions on their faces.
We looked at them, mildly amused. "Yeeees?" I asked with a smile. "May we help you?"
One of them looked at the other and back at us, confused, and said, "We're being funny! Why aren't you LoL-ing?"
At which point, I obviously did. Since when did email/IM/blog lingo become so mainstream that kids say it within dialogue? It was the funniest thing I've ever heard! Well, except for the bubbles thing. Clearly.
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Jen
I have a confession. It took me quite a long time to actually figure out what LOL meant. Not being an IMer (Instant Messenger, right?), or around kids practically ever, I am not up on all of the computer lingo. For instance, I am just now figuring out btw (by the way) and wtf (we all know what that means!) and kwim (know what I mean). For a long time I thought lol was 'lots of laughs.' In the right context, it makes sense. You would think I'm WAY over the hill! Instead of my youthful 27. Ah well. I rely on Ginny to keep me in the know. Would that be ITK?
Scott's a BFN! (Big Fat Nerd)
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