"He'd give you the shoes off his back."
I should probably avoid making a regular "kids say the durndest things" deal of this, but I liked this one.
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About Me
- Franklin P. Smearcase
- A social worker in New York City. The only other thing I know about is opera, so we'll probably all feel much better about things if I just talk about my day job. If you're reading, by all means comment--talking to myself is dull.
Stuff I Read
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Walking in the Wallowas, part 15 years ago
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IEP, as simple as 7 3 9.11 years ago
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Cancellations11 years ago
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Happy Monday!11 years ago
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New Blog13 years ago
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Weren’t We Brave13 years ago
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Migrant Social Workers14 years ago
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Jargon14 years ago
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3 comments:
No need to stop! We all need a laugh.
Thanks, Nectarine, and glad it gave you one. As I was writing it I thought "does this fall under the category of things where I'm using my client's earnest words for my own purposes, even just to entertain a friend or two?" Because (story already told elsewhere on extremely verbose blog, I think) I had a friend who did ask me stuff like "what was your most fucked up case?!" and I thought: Not for your entertainment, the crazy of my clients. This, though, I decided was benign. She gave me a good interview, helpful in her son's defense, kind of poignant, and it just was a funny turn of phrase.
This long explanation for a short post brough to you by my adversarial relationship with caffeine.
I think long ago my grandmother said to me something like, "She was watching him like a hawk. Like two hawks." Or maybe I made it up, but I love it. The shoes off his back is my new favorite.
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