The Meen Kind of Ha Ha
There are several common variations of “ha ha”:
- the happy “ha ha”
- the sad “ha ha”
- the flirty “ha ha”
- the courtesy “ha ha”
- the anxious “ha ha”
- the dirty “ha ha”
- the lethargic “ha ha”
- the Nelson “ha ha”
- the inebriated ha ha
- the relieved ha ha
- and, of course, the meen ha ha.
Angela submitted this beautifully hand-crafted note from her 5-year-old daughter F.M., who composed her inspired piece during a family road trip.
AFTER being told by her mother that she would have to put her shoes on to go in a restaurant.
It takes a high-quality, food-industry strength paper napkin to absorb that much spite.
And just to make sure there was no confusion regarding the tone of her “ha ha,” once the family was back in the vehicle F.M. wrote this note. And then immediately tore it up.
Hell hath no “ha ha” like a 5-year-old who has to put her shoes back on.
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Thanks for sharing, Angela! And please go check out Angela’s website at slabcinema.com.
Posted on June 2, 2011, in Miscellaneous, Writing in Weird Places and tagged Chase McFadden, funny, funny writing, ha ha, Humor, Ironic Mom, kid writing, Kids, Leanne Shirtliffe, Nelson, Simpsons, Slab Cinema, Some Species Eat Their Young, Stuff Kids Write, Stuffkidswrite.com. Bookmark the permalink. 16 Comments.
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Keith and I are dying! This is hilarious. I’m so glad that Angela isn’t keeping her feelings bottled up. What was her mom thinking with that shoe thing? Ridiculous.
The shoe thing is a losing battle, for sure. Thanks, Amy.
Ha ha! (the happy kind) – this kid’s awesome. Clear, emotionally and expressive. But meen. Really, really meen.
I think I love the torn up note more than the napkin. That was twisting the dagger.
Parents are so outrageous with their unreasonable demands and all.
I wonder if there was a “No shirts, no shoes, no service” sign?
Next time either of my kids gets really angry with me?
I’m taking them out to dinner.
I’ve gotta see if the children’s menus at Chili’s can keep up with this level of indignation.
Plus, I like their chicken tenders…
Most restaurants are just beggin kids to write stuff like this. Here are your crayons, here’s some paper, fire away.
Tonight my 3 year old told me “sometimes I don’t love you”. I gave her the ha ha you can’t read a clock and your bedtime is coming earlier tonight!
The parental ha ha.
This is so priceless. At least she’s good at expressing her feelings, right?
Nothing pent-up here.
Love this line:
“It takes a high-quality, food-industry strength paper napkin to absorb that much spite.”
It’s like an instant classic. Great post.
Maybe Bounty could pick that up as an ad slogan. Thanks, Clay.
Ha ha…the kind of “ha ha” one laughs who is not the parent of this child…
Wendy
LOL!!! Oh man I do remember those “ha ha”‘s :sigh: