Saturday, May 16, 2009

I had a bad day the other day. You know where you feel nothing you do is EVER done. Nothing is really worthwhile. Then someone sent me this and it made me smile, for a minute.

THE NEXT SURVIVOR SERIES on TV:

Six married men will be dropped on an island with one car and
3 kids each for six weeks.

Each kid will play
two sports
and either take music
or dance classes.

There is no fast food.

Each man must
take care of his 3 kids;
keep his assigned house clean,
correct all homework,
and complete science projects,
cook, do laundry,
and pay a list of ' pretend ' bills
with not enough money.

In addition, each man
will have to budget in money
for groceries each week.

Each man
must remember the birthdays
of all their friends and relatives,
and send cards out
on time--no emailing.

Each man must also
take each child to a doctor ' s appointment,
a dentist appointment
and a haircut appointment.

He must make
one unscheduled and inconvenient
visit per child
to the Urgent Care.

He must also
make cookies or cupcakes
for a social function.

Each man will be responsible for
decorating his own assigned house,
planting flowers outside
and keeping it presentable
at all times.

The men will only
have access to television
when the kids are asleep
and all chores are done..

The men must
shave their legs,
wear makeup daily,
adorn himself with jewelry,
wear uncomfortable yet stylish shoes,
keep fingernails polished
and eyebrows groomed.

During one of the six weeks,
the men will have to endure severe abdominal cramps, back aches,
and have extreme, unexplained mood swings but never once complain or
slow down from other duties.

They must attend
weekly school meetings,
church, and find time
at least once to spend the afternoon
at the park or a similar setting.

They will need to
read a book to the kids
each night and in the morning,
feed them, dress them,
brush their teeth and
comb their hair by 7:00 am.

A test will be given at the end of the six weeks, and each father will be required to know all of the following information:
each child ' s birthday,
height, weight,
shoe size, clothes size
and doctor ' s name.
Also the child ' s weight at birth,
length, time of birth,
and length of labor,
each child ' s favorite color,
middle name,
favorite snack,
favorite song,
favorite drink,
favorite toy,
biggest fear and
what they want to be when they grow up.

The kids vote them off the island
based on performance.
The last man wins only if...
he still has enough energy
to be intimate with his spouse
at a moment ' s notice.

If the last man does win,
he can play the game over and over
and over again for the next 18-25 years
eventually earning the right
To be called Mother!

17 comments:

Letti said...

That sounds like the perfect reality series. I know the ratings will be high on that one...lol

Susan Anderson said...

Love it.

=)

Rachel Berry said...

Oh my gosh this is too funny! I so needed a good laugh today!
Thanks!!!

Have a wonderful weekend!

Are You Serious! said...

♥ It's perfect!

Heather Anderson said...

I would watch this show for sure! hehe Good one thanks for sharing! I went back and read your evening hike post, very funny!

Jessica said...

Made me smile too!! Thanks! I often feel like a hamster spinning the wheel..going, going, going, and it's never all done!

Heather said...

The perfect show. Seriously. Actually, when all those things were laid out in that list, I was like "Yeah, we stinkin' do a LOT!!"

Hillary said...

This would be a great show. The list made me tired just reading it. It's amazing all the things a mom has to accomplish in one week. I hope you are having better days, but I can relate.

I get my house nice and clean and then the next day I look around and you can't tell I did anything.

girlytwins said...

Hahaha...LOL. I would be all over that series :)

Mike and Shelby said...

I got this in email too. Funny. Hope you're days have been beter since. :)

Jaime said...

Hahaha! Thanks! I needed that today!:)

I am Arizona; a person, not a place. said...

Oh, that was great! I sometimes wonder what is wrong with me because I sometimes can't keep up with everything I've got to do. This post makes me feel better about that. How do we manage to do all that stuff? Mom's Rock!

Shannon said...

I love it!! Thanks for the pick-me up!

Stephanie said...

Isn't that hilarious?!! I received the same email last week from a cousin of mine, and thought about posting it. I'm glad you did, b/c I can't seem to find the time or energy to post on my blog!

BTW, love, love, loved your Mother's Day post ;)

Sarah said...

ha ha, i LOVE it!!!!!

Our family chaos said...

I guess that was the perfect day for me to send that to you. I got it from my sister who read my mind that day. Really it is one of the funniest and most accurate I have read!

Sara said...

I have seen this before but it made me laugh again. I don't think I would survive that game either... how do we do it??