unsinkable Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 DS and I were talking in the car and I said, "Just yesterday, in fact." He was changing the radio stations and stopped on one and the person on the radio said, "just yesterday, in fact" like an echo of my words. :blink: Then driving through the snow packed streets in double digits below zero wind chill. I said (in the context of a story I was telling DH), "She gives me a bunny-boiler vibe." A rabbit darted out from a driveway and ran into the street. Now this second story wouldn't be as weird in the spring or summer...but the weather is so bad and the snowpack is so deep there is practically nothing moving outside, especially little bunnies. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris in VA Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Woooooo.... :laugh: I like those stories. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Try it out with something that you really want to happen! 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 Try it out with something that you really want to happen!I'll start small: "And then, a housebroken puppy that needed a good home showed up at the door and DH said, 'Let's keep him!'" 27 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PrincessMommy Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 queue Twilight Zone music...... 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I'm afraid to ask what a bunny-boiler vibe is... :leaving: 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OnTheBrink Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 "and then the IRS sent a letter saying, 'Hey, we made a mistake in your favor. Your refund is really $350,000!'" 20 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idnib Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I was once complaining to DH that the classic rock stations only play The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, and Lynard Skynard and we rounded a corner and there was a classic rock station billboard and the bands listed on it were The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, and Lynard Skynard. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zoobie Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I'm afraid to ask what a bunny-boiler vibe is... :leaving: Glenn Close, the jilted mistress from Fatal Attraction boiled her lover's family pet rabbit. DH and I call people bunny boiler crazy too, Unsinkable! 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 Glenn Close, the jilted mistress from Fatal Attraction boiled her lover's family pet rabbit. DH and I call people bunny boiler crazy too, Unsinkable! Yes, this is the reference. My dad used to say, "Crazier than a $h!t house rat" which is a bit more colorful. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted February 21, 2015 Author Share Posted February 21, 2015 I was once complaining to DH that the classic rock stations only play The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, and Lynard Skynard and we rounded a corner and there was a classic rock station billboard and the bands listed on it were The Rolling Stones, The Eagles, and Lynard Skynard. That is awesome! The overplayed classic rock band I get sick of is Boston. "More than a feeling..." I also don't know how I actually gave birth to a kid who says, "can you please not talk during the guitar solos?" :lol: That is when you're SUPPOSED to talk! 8 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Glenn Close, the jilted mistress from Fatal Attraction boiled her lover's family pet rabbit. DH and I call people bunny boiler crazy too, Unsinkable! I saw that movie! *shudder* Now it makes sense--thanks! Yes, this is the reference. My dad used to say, "Crazier than a $h!t house rat" which is a bit more colorful. :lol: And you just had to take his word for it since you had never seen one of those rats before, right??? :laugh: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 One time i was driving to the grocery store and I had "Tracks of my Tears" stuck in my head. I parked, got out and that song was being piped into the parking lot. I love things like that. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Miss Peregrine Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Dh refers to these coincidences as proof we are in a computer construct. Yeah...I know. They do happen often enough to where it gets spooky. A coworker was talking about a random company that he had never heard of and dh gets home and there is an email from that company in his mailbox. No he never looked it up on the internet. We just finished learning about pandas and there in my FB feed is that cute video of Red Pandas playing in the snow and a lazy Giant Panda getting pulled out of a tree and giving a hug. Again, no I did no searches for pandas. We just read Sassafras Science and looked it up in our animal encyclopedia. They're listening. . . 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
heartosunshine Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 I was playing a solitaire game on my phone at the chiropractor's waiting for dd. The advertisement in between games was for that very chiropractor! :huh: 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Northwoodsmama Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Ooooo I've got one! We were driving home Wednesday and just as we passed through a town called New London, the kids DVD mentions New London! (They were watching Sherlock Holmes in the 22nd Century). Freaky! 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Oooh...I forgot one that DD reminded me of at dinner. We had to go to the Social Security office for her a few days ago and there is a check-in kiosk where you enter your SS# and it gives you a ticket with a number on it. Well, the number was DD's birth date...month and year. Like if DD's birthday is June 19,* our number was A619. So we thought it was generated bc it was hooked up to her SS#. It turns out the number was just a sequential number that just happened to be her birth date. And they had 3 different letters A, B or X. They were on A610. :svengo: *not her birthday :lol: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Unsinkable, my next question about the bunny boiler vibe is: what did the lady in the story you were telling your dh do to give you that vibe? :huh: And when I was telling my dh about this thread he said, "I've heard of the birdy boiler, but not the bunny boiler!" (Guess that movie.) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Unsinkable, my next question about the bunny boiler vibe is: what did the lady in the story you were telling your dh do to give you that vibe? :huh: And when I was telling my dh about this thread he said, "I've heard of the birdy boiler, but not the bunny boiler!" (Guess that movie.) Oh, no! Not the birdie boiler!!! :lol: The lady waits where her boyfriend works until he gets off and bickers with his coworkers while she is waiting. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Oh, no! Not the birdie boiler!!! :lol: The lady waits where her boyfriend works until he gets off and bickers with his coworkers while she is waiting. Oh! I posted a reply before I got your meaning...yeah, I can picture her being a bunny boiler! :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 I don't know which movie you're talking about, but it's not the one dh was referring to! Guess again! I was guessing Lion King. I thought that is what Zazu said when the hyenas threatened him. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 I was guessing Lion King. I thought that is what Zazu said when the hyenas threatened him. Dang! You're a fast quoter! See edited post above. I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes! :laugh: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chelle in MO Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 And yes. Right movie! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Dang! You're a fast quoter! See edited post above. I'm a little slow on the uptake sometimes! :laugh: No problem! I didn't make it clear. It sounded like I was describing a movie where the lady waits for her boyfriend, etc... :lol: 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Onceuponatime Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 My kids still talk about the time we were in the car listening to NPR. One child asked me what was the sticker on the car in front of us. I said, " the outline of a state." Then, on the radio, George Bush said, "the outline of a state." 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ocelotmom Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 Accidentally stumbled across (it was in with some music I got for DD, and I added it to my playlist thinking it was a different song) hours before the Oscars speech saying basically the exact same thing. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LatteMama Posted February 24, 2015 Share Posted February 24, 2015 One night DH and I at the same time began to sing the Chicken Tonight jingle. I was cooking beef and we haven't seen the commercial for Chicken Tonight in years! We finally realized a Rifftrax movie we were watching the day before had a joke about Chicken Tonight. I feel like Chicken Tonight... like Chicken Tonight. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momling Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 We used an anonymous donor to conceive our kids. He had a 4 digit number. When I delivered my daughter, it turns out it was the same as the room number. And then a few weeks later when the birth certificate arrived, I was shocked to see the time of delivery written in 24 hr time -- also the same number. (Like -- Donor #2109, hospital room 2109, born at 21:09) 9 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JaneEyre Posted February 25, 2015 Share Posted February 25, 2015 We had two cats that went missing at the same time. I got a call a few days later that someone had found one of them. They gave me directions to their house ( in my subdivision ) and me and the kids headed that way. As soon as we pulled up I saw our cat in their front yard. I picked it up and went and knocked on the front door to thank them. No one answered. Then my phone rings and the same person wants to know how long till I get there. I said I am here in your yard holding my cat. He sounded confused and said be was sitting on his front porch holding my cat... I ask for directions again, and it turns out I had messed up the first time and went to the wrong house and found one cat and then got the directions right the second time and went to the right house and he had my other cat! The two house were within 200 ft. of each other, but I think its still a pretty cool coincidence. 15 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alisoncooks Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Had this happen, which made me think if this oldish thread: Two nights ago, I was watching a movie before bed (Tootsie). It was late, so I went to bed and missed the last half. Next night, flip on the tv to watch something before bed...and Tootsie is on again. AND it's EXACTLY where I left off the night before, so I got to watch the ending of the movie. :D (No, no TiVo or DVR in this room. Just awesome timing!) ETA: FWIW, I've seen Tootsie a dozen times. :p 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
unsinkable Posted March 9, 2015 Author Share Posted March 9, 2015 We had two cats that went missing at the same time. I got a call a few days later that someone had found one of them. They gave me directions to their house ( in my subdivision ) and me and the kids headed that way. As soon as we pulled up I saw our cat in their front yard. I picked it up and went and knocked on the front door to thank them. No one answered. Then my phone rings and the same person wants to know how long till I get there. I said I am here in your yard holding my cat. He sounded confused and said be was sitting on his front porch holding my cat... I ask for directions again, and it turns out I had messed up the first time and went to the wrong house and found one cat and then got the directions right the second time and went to the right house and he had my other cat! The two house were within 200 ft. of each other, but I think its still a pretty cool coincidence. Wow...that is incredible! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swellmomma Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 I can't think of any of those moments that stand out though my dd15 has decided I have ruined her life forever because lately she and I have said the exact same witty 1-liner at the same time. So I have told her she is turning into her mother. she is not impressed with that idea. 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
school17777 Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 Yesterday I was reminded somehow that I haven't received a rebate from Christmas that I was hoping to get back from Radio Shack. The day I sent it, the mail lady said she heard they had filed for bankruptcy. I told dh yesterday that I probably wasn't going to get it. A few minutes later while in the car with dd, dh called dd to tell her my rebate came! I hadn't even thought of it since I mailed it and then I get it on the same day that I brought it up. (Yeah Radio Shack for still honoring the rebate even after filing for bankruptcy) 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jasperstone Posted March 9, 2015 Share Posted March 9, 2015 One night DH and I at the same time began to sing the Chicken Tonight jingle. I was cooking beef and we haven't seen the commercial for Chicken Tonight in years! We finally realized a Rifftrax movie we were watching the day before had a joke about Chicken Tonight. I feel like Chicken Tonight... like Chicken Tonight. We had that ad in Oz, as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donna Posted March 10, 2015 Share Posted March 10, 2015 We were going to a concert on Saturday night where dd was asked to join the band on stage. The woman in the band was supposed to send me a message through Facebook telling me what time to bring dd so she could be told what to play and do a sound check but I never got a message (turns out she did not have internet all day). I decided to take dd at a certain time figuring it would be a bit before the concert, enough time for everything she needed to do, but not too early. We parked in the garage across the street from the venue, walked out of the parking garage, and there was the entire band coming across the street on their way to supper. Five minutes in either direction and we would not have run into them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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