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AIRPLANE: What Mom impersonates to get a 1-yr.-old to eat

strained beets.

ALIEN: What Mom would suspect had invaded her house if she

spotted a child-sized creature cleaning up after itself.

APPLE: Nutritious lunchtime dessert which children will

trade for cupcakes.

BABY: 1. Dad, when he gets a cold.

2. Mom's youngest child, even if he's 42.

BATHROOM: A room used by the entire family, believed by all

except Mom to be self-cleaning.

BECAUSE: Mom's reason for having kids do things which can't

be explained logically.

BED & BREAKFAST: Two things the kids will never make for

themselves.

CARPET: Expensive floor covering used to catch spills and

clean mud off shoes.

CAR POOL: Complicated system of transportation where Mom

always winds up going the furthest with the

biggest bunch of kids who have had the most

sugar.

COOK: 1. Act of preparing food for consumption.

2. Mom's other name.

COUCH POTATO: What Mom finds on the sofa during Dallas Cowboy

games.

DATE: Infrequent outings with Dad where Mom can enjoy

worrying about the kids in a different setting.

DRINKING GLASS: Any carton or bottle left open in the fridge.

DUST: Insidious interloping particles of evil that turn

a home into a battle zone.

DUST RAGS: See "DAD'S UNDERWEAR."

EAR: A place where kids store dirt.

EAT: What kids do between meals, but not at them.

EMPTY NEST: See"WISHFUL THINKING."

ENERGY: Element of vitality kids always have an oversupply

of until asked to do something.

"EXCUSE ME": One of Mom's favorite phrases, reportedly used in

past times by children.

EYE: The highly susceptible optic nerve which,

according to Mom, can be "put out" by anything

from a suction-arrow to a carelessly handled

butter knife.

FABLE: A story told by a teenager arriving home after

curfew.

FOOD: The response Mom usually gives in answer to the

question "What's for dinner tonight?" See

"SARCASM"

FROZEN: 1. A type of food.

2. How Hell will be when Mom lets her daughter

date an older guy with a motorcycle.

GARBAGE: A collection of refuse items, the taking out of

which Mom assigns to a different family member

each week, then winds up doing herself.

GENIUSES: Amazingly, all of Mom's kids.

GUM: Adhesive for the hair.

HAMPER: A wicker container with a lid, usually surrounded

by, but not containing, dirty clothing.

HANDI-WIPES: Pants, shirt-sleeves, drapes, etc.

HANDS: Body appendages which must be scrubbed raw with

volcanic soap and sterilized in boiling water

immediately prior to consumption of the evening

meal.

HINDSIGHT: What Mom experiences from changing too many

diapers.

HOMEMADE BREAD: An object of fiction like the Fountain of Youth

and the Golden Fleece.

ICE: Cubes of frozen water which would be found in

small plastic tray if kids or husbands ever filled

the darn things instead of putting them back in

the freezer empty.

INSIDE: That place that will suddenly look attractive to

kids once Mom has spent a minimum of half an hour

getting them ready to go outside.

"I SAID SO": Reason enough, according to Mom

JACKPOT: When all the kids stay at friends' homes for the night.

JEANS: Which, according to kids, are appropriate for just

about any occasion, including church and funerals.

"JEEEEEEEEZ!": Slang for "Gee Mom, isn't there anything else you

can do to embarrass me in front of my friends?"

JOY RIDE: Going somewhere without the kids.

JUNK: Things belonging to Dad.

KETCHUP: The sea of tomato-based goop kids use to drown the

dish that Mom spent hours cooking and years

perfecting to get the seasoning just right.

KISS: Mom medicine.

LAKE: Large body of water into which a kid will jump

should his friends do so.

LEMONADE STAND: Complicated business venture where

Mom buys powdered mix, sugar, lemons, and paper cups, and

sets up a table, chairs, pitchers and ice for kids who sit there for

three to six minutes and net a profit of 15 cents.

LIE: An "exaggeration" Mom uses to transform her

child's papier-mache volcano science project into

a Nobel Prize-winning experiment and a full-ride

scholarship to Harvard.

LOSERS: See "Kids' Friends"

MAKEUP: Lipstick, eyeliner, blush,etc. which ironically

make Mom look better while making her young

daughter look "like a tramp."

MAYBE: No.

MILK: A healthful beverage which kids will gladly

drink once it's turned into junk food by the

addition of sugar and cocoa.

"MOMMMMMMM!": The cry of a child on another floor who wants

something.

MUSH: 1. What a kid loves to do with a plateful of food.

2. Main element of Mom's favorite movies.

NAILS: A hard covering on the end of the finger, which

Mom can never have a full set of due to pitching

for batting practice, opening stubborn modeling

clay lids and removing heat ducts to retrieve

army men and/or doll clothing.

OCEAN: What the bathroom floor looks like after bath

night for kids, assorted pets, two or three

full-sized towels and several dozen toy boats,

cars and animals.

OPEN: The position of children's mouths when they eat

in front of company.

OVERSTUFFED RECLINER: Mom's nickname for Dad.

PANIC: What a mother goes thru when the wind-up swing stops.

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