There has been much ado about "Are you smarter than a 5th Grader?" so now those 5th Graders' moms are fighting back with:
13 Questions to Determine if you are Smarter than a 5th Grader's Mom
***Guest collaborator alert - a portion of this week's Thursday Thirteen was contributed by the illustrious (although occasionally book recommendation challenged) Amy***
1. How much Motrin can you give a child in the morning so he/she can go to school fever-free until school gets out and thus give mom time to go grocery shopping and get to the gym?
2. How much is too much to spend on a Bar/Bat Mitzvah? a) $50,000; b) $100,000; c) whatever TomKat spent on their wedding or d) more than $5,000 more than the next most outrageous one that you've attended in the last year?
3. It's 9 p.m. Wednesday night and your child has just informed you that you are supposed to bring in snacks for his/her entire class on Thursday. Is it faster to go to the store and buy mini-muffins or make brownies from a mix?
4. Which store is it that those "other" people go to? a) Wal-mart; b) Beall's; c) Target (oh wait, it IS socially acceptable for me to go there as long as I act like it's something I do for a hoot and pronounce it "Tar-jay")
5. You have 5 baskets worth of laundry to fold. What dvr-d shows are best to watch while folding?
6. What is the best procedure for cleaning up projectile vomiting?
7. Who is the best plastic surgeon and/or divorce attorney (not necessarily in that order) in town?
8. Triage question: dog is getting sick on the bed, child is moaning on the couch, husband is in the bathroom with intestinal difficulties and has run out of toilet paper. Who should you attend to first?
9. Why should I go back to work when I can be employed full time overmanaging my children's education and social activities?
10. How can one mom do the following things at once: bring child to baseball practice, make balanced dinner for 3, pick up dry cleaning and go grocery shopping for aforementioned dinner?
11. Why is Bree one of the most popular Housewives with the moms-who-watch-it crowd?
12. Correctly respond to the following phrases: "It's not fair", "why can't i?", "you never let me," "you always let him," "it's not my fault".
13. Should I get my child a BMW or a Hummer when he/she turns 16?
Tricky, huh? I think the bigger answer is: NOBODY IS SMARTER THAN MOM!!!!
Di & Amy
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