The Hunt
"When they say one year olds can go, we should run right up the side of the building and head to the back of the property. It'll be a few minutes before the other kids get all the way back there."
"Omar, he's one year old, and he doesn't like to walk on grass. We're not running anywhere."
"What's the goal, here? If we're on a hunt, let's hunt. We can go for a stroll some other time."
"The goal is to have fun and to let your son find poorly hidden Easter eggs."
"This is not an 'Easter egg fun search'. Now get ready, she's about to give the 'go' signal..."
"Oh for the love of --"
"GO!!"
Comments
Jym Ferrier
said:
Clearly she doesn't see the purpose of the easter egg hunt. It takes years to prep kids for the hell they'll have to endure at penn state football practice.
Radioactive Hound said:
This is how Halloween should work, too. Stroll door-to-door? Just take one? Bah. Say 'GO!' and the first kid to a given house gets it ALL.
Onj said:
I don’t know how it works everywhere else, but where I’m from, the kid with the most eggs wins. End of story. That is the point; that is the goal. To not strategize does a disservice to the whole tradition.
Katie said:
My sister's and I did that. And my little sister always cried. Man, I loved Easter.
Jackie said:
The vole strikes again...
Becky said:
"editting vole" is the berst thing i have seen all week! besides my new phone.
Becky said:
woops...
best
Katie said:
I'm also commenting on the vole... awesome, Omar, absolutely fantastic.
Syar said:
I see no vole! why do I always miss these things?
you can't call it a hunt if you're not going to be ruthless about it. might as well just give em away, right? I say, decoy eggs. prep them beforehand and throw the other kiddies off. or, throw it at the other kiddies.
either way.
demosthenes said:
I miss the days of innocent egg hunting. Emphasis on the innocent part.
The welt from that last hard-boiled egg still smarts.
jasmine said:
i've also missed the vole. it's okay, i'll see him tonight in my bed.
also, is it safe to assume you've trained the boy to not like grass just becuase you don't want a small human trampling that gorgeous green blanket that you take pains to upkeep every summer?
Glo said:
My nephew picked up about 5 eggs and then told me, "I really think this is all I need."
His sister knocked down three toddlers, filled her basket, and started thievery before we even finished explaining the rules.
We're not sure who "won" in the grand context of things.
I said:
The vole thing that people are referring to is on the main omarphillips.net page. There's only a 1 in 9 chance that you'll get the right header image, so frankly, I'm surprised that multiple people have seen it already!
Some claim I'm just cheating the stats, making my hit counter go up by giving people incentive to reload the page. To that, I say "don't judge me."
I said:
Oh, and Jasmine, I had hoped my reasoning for secretly making the boy afraid to walk on grass wasn't so obvious... Either way, mission accomplished.
Syar said:
I saw the vole! what were the words he vandalized anyway?