My 4-year-old nephew just called me from the US: "Santa's bringing me an exit sign!

Heidi

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Wed Dec-24-08 12:18 PM
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My 4-year-old nephew just called me from the US: "Santa's bringing me an exit sign!

I just know it!" :rofl:

He has a little signage fixation, which I think is just fine. :rofl:

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Wed Dec-24-08 12:32 PM
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1. My dear Heidi!

Well, I hope Santa IS bringing him an exit sign!

They are so cute at that age...the kids, not the signs!

:hi:

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Heidi

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Wed Dec-24-08 12:33 PM
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2. Hi, dear!

Merry Christmas! We loved your Christmas card and letter, Peggy. Thank you so much! :hug: :loveya:

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CaliforniaPeggy

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Wed Dec-24-08 12:35 PM
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4. I'm so glad you enjoyed it!

It's my one contribution to the world of art every year...

As long as I make them, you will get one...

:hug: :loveya:

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I Have A Dream

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Wed Dec-24-08 12:34 PM
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3. That really is very sweet! I hope that Santa gives him what he wants.

(His parents are really lucky that he's asking for something so inexpensive! :D)

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Heidi

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Wed Dec-24-08 01:04 PM
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10. I fear the exit sign was not so inexpensive,

but my parents (his granny and PaPa) are giving him the exit sign, so his parents are indeed lucky. :rofl:

Merry Christmas, I have A Dream! :hug: :hug:

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jobycom

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Wed Dec-24-08 12:36 PM
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5. Heidi!!!

Meet Riddle! (Minnie left a hole for her to fill.)

(Yeah, nothing to do with your nephew, but cuteness inspires cuteness! Can't you paint him an Exit sign?)

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Heidi

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Wed Dec-24-08 01:03 PM
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8. Little Riddle!!!! You have some big shoes and a big

YAWN to fill, sweetie! :hug: :loveya:

Merry Christmas, Joby, girls and kitties! :hug: :hug: :*

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jobycom

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Wed Dec-24-08 01:32 PM
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18. Merry Christmas to you, yours, and your kitties, too!

Even the dorky one! :rofl:

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Gormy Cuss

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Wed Dec-24-08 12:37 PM
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6. So unlike the current president, your nephew now has an exit strategy. n/t

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Heidi

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Wed Dec-24-08 01:08 PM
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15. So true!

Merry Christmas, Gormy Cuss! :hug: :hug:

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Gormy Cuss

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Wed Dec-24-08 07:17 PM
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27. Merry Christmas, Heidi!

:hug:

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InternalDialogue

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Wed Dec-24-08 12:58 PM
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7. That's so cute!

Your nephew's exit sign, mcctatas' kid's insulation. I love it!

It reminds me of a story my sister-in-law told me about my nephew, who's five.

He was playing some computer game online when she looked over his shoulder. She said, "Honey, there are rats following you everywhere!"

"It's OK, Mom. I summoned them."

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Heidi

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Wed Dec-24-08 01:05 PM
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11. OH MY GAWD!!!!!!!!!

That's toooooooooooo funny! :rofl: :spray:

:thumbsup: to your nephew! :rofl:

Merry Christmas, ID! :loveya: :hug:

Blow a kiss toward Vail for me, wouldja? :hug:

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Bertha Venation

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Wed Dec-24-08 01:03 PM
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9. no way

:rofl: that is so cool.

:hi: :hug:

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Heidi

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Wed Dec-24-08 01:07 PM
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13. I've been forbidden to send him one of the "No Peeing" signs

that are so common in Europe. But I just _know_ he'd love it! :rofl:

Merry Christmas, my dear friend! :loveya: :hug:

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Bertha Venation

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Wed Dec-24-08 01:14 PM
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16. LOL Never imagined such a thing.

I don't know about Europe, but that wouldn't work here. Guys would pee on it in delight.

Merry Christmas. Please give the Wily and Excellent Boy Cat some scritchies from me and some earlicks from Petey Boy. And my love to CMW too. :loveya:

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Callalily

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Wed Dec-24-08 01:06 PM
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12. Hey Heidi!

Long time! Sure hope Santa brings your nephew that sign. I wouldn't want to be around him if he's disappointed. :rofl:

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Heidi

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Wed Dec-24-08 01:07 PM
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14. Merry Christmas, sweetie!

:hug: :hug: :hug:

(Yes, Santa will bring him the exit sign. I guess he's easy to please. :) )

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Callalily

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Wed Dec-24-08 01:14 PM
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17. Glad to hear it.

Would hate to disappoint a 4-year old.

And wishing you a Merry Christmas too.

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Dangerously Amused

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Wed Dec-24-08 02:05 PM
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19. When attempting to navigate Germany, my Dad became highly confused by the road signs.

Somehow, all roads lead to Ausfahrt .

:rofl:

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Heidi

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Wed Dec-24-08 02:41 PM
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20. This is a sign in Locarno across the lake from us.

Please do share it with your father! :rofl:

Merry Christmas! :hug: :hug:

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Dangerously Amused

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Wed Dec-24-08 02:48 PM
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21. lol!

Okay, here is my best attempt at a translation: Your farts in Locarno will ferment if you are the Pope.

Kind of a friendly, cautionary admonition. I think.

:7

Happy Holidays to all you crazy Swissfolk! :hugs: :hugs:

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Arugula Latte

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Wed Dec-24-08 02:54 PM
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22. Does the Pope fart in the woods?

Er, rather, the lake? *bubble*

Love your translation! :rofl:

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Ellen Forradalom

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Wed Dec-24-08 02:55 PM
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23. Santa will be late. He got busted for uprooting a highway sign.

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Heidi

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Thu Dec-25-08 03:27 AM
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30. That could very well be

my mom in that photo, after "reclaiming on behalf of the taxpayers" a "men working" sign for my nephew. (She later returned it.) :rofl:

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Inchworm

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Wed Dec-24-08 02:57 PM
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24. d00d!

I can so get that for him! :rofl:

*hooks chain to front bumper*

Merry Holiday you guys!

:woohoo:

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Heidi

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Thu Dec-25-08 03:28 AM
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31. Merry Christmas, my friend!

:hug: :loveya:

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grannylib

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Wed Dec-24-08 03:02 PM
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25. I'm with him on that one...I love signs...I bought my Husband a

"Road Closed" sign with the US Forest Service logo on it, at a garage sale a few years ago; it's from the Superior National Forest, one of our favorite places to camp.
Hope he likes his Exit sign!

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Heidi

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Thu Dec-25-08 03:29 AM
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32. They're soon gonna run outta places for my nephew's signs.

We sent him a working street light for Christmas last year. :rofl:

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grannylib

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Thu Dec-25-08 09:23 AM
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36. *lol* That's freakin' great...

I'd love to meet him; he sounds like a great kid!

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Dukkha

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Wed Dec-24-08 03:32 PM
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26. LOL! so did I when I was little

I remember asking for a stop sign for Christmas and my parents actually found me a cork board that looked exactly like a stop sign.

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Heidi

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Thu Dec-25-08 03:30 AM
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33. That's _very_: cool!

My nephew's mom tried to buy one of Wal-Mart's "wet floor" signs for him, but they wouldn't let it go. :rofl:

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bridgit

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Wed Dec-24-08 09:22 PM
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28. hahaha, that's kee-ute, well you know we are, some of us, downsizing our expectations here...

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Heidi

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Thu Dec-25-08 03:30 AM
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34. YOU!!!!!!!!

Merry Christmas, dah-ling!!!! :hug:

:loveya:

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tigereye

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Wed Dec-24-08 09:30 PM
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29. aw, that's so cute!

Edited on Wed Dec-24-08 09:30 PM by tigereye

little ones seem to love signs - my son did at that age. They love their iconic nature, I think!

Frohliche Weinachten to you and CMW! :hug: :hi:

We just had out Christmas Eve family dinner, and one of my husband's buddies, who is from Germany joined us. We had a lot of fun talking about German holiday traditions vs the US, and then we did some Brit Christmas crackers. It was fun!

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Heidi

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Thu Dec-25-08 03:32 AM
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35. Signs are how my little nephew started learning to read.

He's fascinated by big rigs and truck drivers, so my mom (a retired first-grade teacher) informed him early on that truck drivers are _excellent_ readers, and commenced teaching him to "sound out" the words he saw on signs. :D

Merry Christmas, gf! :hug: :hug:

:loveya:

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tigereye

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Thu Dec-25-08 11:08 AM
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39. my son was reading signs pretty much at the get-go

he knew all his letters and numbers in pre-school... and was teaching them to a 5 year old at the day-care!

Merry Christmas to you too! :hug:

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NYC_SKP

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Thu Dec-25-08 10:49 AM
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37. That's really cute.

And interesting that he learned language with signs.

Maybe he could learn a second language, or several, if he had a book or other collection of signs in, say, French, German, or Italian?

That is a hint for his Aunt Heidi!

Happy Holidays to you and yours, Heidi!

:toast:

NYC_SKP

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Heidi

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Thu Dec-25-08 11:20 AM
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40. Don't tell him,

but I'm getting him an Italian "exit" sign next week. :) I wish I'd learned to speak some other languages when I was really young; it would have made my adult life much, much richer. :D

Merry Christmas, NYC_SKP! :hug: :hug:

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mopinko

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Thu Dec-25-08 10:58 AM
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38. city of chicago

http://www.chicagostore.com/

i have been to their brick store, and they had a lot of signs. not sure how many are available here, but there is a custom street sign on there.

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Heidi

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Thu Dec-25-08 11:23 AM
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41. PERFECT! He doesn't have a street sign with his name on it!

Thank you and Merry Christmas, mopinko (best _ever_ username!)! :hug: :hug:

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mopinko

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Thu Dec-25-08 01:22 PM
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42. they have others

at the. to k store, or at least they did. let me know if there is anything in particular that he wants, and I will look for if next time I am down that way.

and thanks. I love being a pinko, and explaining it to the young 'uns.

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