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Chris - 2006-01-04 19:08:37
I myself was hoping to hear Toms Top Ten movies.
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Dave - 2006-01-04 20:32:42
It's interesting to note that while calling someone "Mr. Monkey Pants" is funny and calling someone "Mr. Fancy Pants" is funny, calling someone "Mr. Fancy Monkey Pants" is just hurtful.
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Janet - 2006-01-04 21:24:11
I'm partial to calling people "Mr. Smarty Pants" myself. It is funny and somehow endearing, and oddly descriptive of nearly every last one of my male acquaintances.
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Janet - 2006-01-04 21:27:30
Oh, and sorry guys (or girls, depending on your gender and your attitude toward this business), but "Ms/Mrs/Miss Monkey Pants" is not nearly as funny as "Mr Monkey Pants", IMMO (in my monkey opinion).
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iwombat - 2006-01-05 00:39:39
Stop making fun! I love my monkey pants! my parents called me mr. monkey pants! and they loved me... didn't they?
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Bob - 2006-01-05 02:06:52
But - and I say this with fondness for whoever you are - do you prefer Janet Smarty-Pants or Ms Smarty Pants?
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Janet - 2006-01-05 07:45:32
Bob! Funny you should hyphenate an instance of "Smarty-Pants", as my real last name - composed of my and my husband's family names - is officially ot hyphenated. But people expect compound surnames to be hyphenated, so they usually write mine out with the hyphen. We've stopped correcting them. It's just a hyphen.
People good; computers bad. The Ohio BMV database couldn't handle two words in the "last name" field, so my driver's license only has the first part (my maiden name) printed on it. I didn't care about that either, until I was barred from boarding an airplane because the name on my ticket didn't match the name on my ID.
But all you asked was this, and I'll bypass the obvious dumb reference: I prefer Janet. I wouldn't mind never being called Ms. Lastname (or Last-name, or Last name). However, my kids' friends should call me "Benjamin's Mom" or "Janelle's Mom" as appropriate. When addressing me. It's great. "Benjamin's Mom, Benjamin called me Mr. Monkey Pants!"
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Janet - 2006-01-05 07:47:27
Dang. That's "officially not hyphenated". That'll learn me to post lengthy comments and sneak in some rudimentary HTML before sunrise.
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Bob - 2006-01-05 11:32:07
Hey now, Ms Literal-Pants....
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2fs - 2006-01-05 14:12:48
I think the phrase "maiden name" is charmingly archaic... And Janet, the real problem is that Ohio isn't wide enough to accommodate all the letters in your surname. Perhaps you should just change it to "Monkeypants"...
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Paula - 2006-01-05 14:17:11
Janet is such a maiden, though. I think of maidens, aside from being virginal, as having wide smiles and clear eyes and a bright, just-milked-a-cow freshness, which our Jannie has in spades.
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Janet - 2006-01-05 15:22:57
Thanks Paula, how sweet, but that "virginal" part, y'know. And I'm scared of cows.
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Paula - 2006-01-05 15:27:44
but that "virginal" part, y'know. And I'm scared of cows.
Um, there's no connection between sentence #1 and #2, is there?
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Bob - 2006-01-05 16:02:46
Paula, sometimes those ones are the smarty pantsiest, though.
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Janet - 2006-01-05 17:40:17
Paula, I'm'a take you out of the "Smarty Pants" category and put you in the "Wiseass" category now. Ick.
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Flasshe - 2006-01-05 19:01:51
Just what are "Monkey Pants"? Seriously.
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Paula - 2006-01-06 10:26:46
Just what are "Monkey Pants"?
A nonsense term of endearment, like "Lambchop" or "Honeybunch."
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Flasshe - 2006-01-06 10:36:37
Next you're going to be telling me that monkeys don't wear pants and that the Project Runway contestants don't design them.
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Janet - 2006-01-06 11:04:21
Oh, all along I'd been thinking monkey pants were what this monkey was wearing. Or this one. And then there are always these. And hey - look what else I found while I was at this!
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Paula - 2006-01-06 11:20:36
Or these!
Janet, that last picture of yours is now my computer wallpaper, thanks.
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Editrix - 2006-01-07 15:40:23
"Pants" is all-purpose. For example, I like it as an expletive: "Oh, pants! Paula mentioned the Sovet space monkey pants before I had a chance to! That's what I get for being such a laggard."
I am also very fond of "pantaloons" and "underpants."
"Panties," however, gives me the jibblies.
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Paula - 2006-01-07 19:38:35
That's cuz "panties" is a very naughty word.
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